fish ball

A form of fishball — A food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball, popular in Chinese and Scandinavian cuisine and elsewhere around the world.

Meanings

nounfish ball (plural fish balls)

plural fish balls

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of fishball.
    1 more example

    "I know. You have to look for cheap things when you're poor. Father and I took meals out a lot. We had beans and fish balls most generally. We used to say how glad we were we liked beans—that is, we said it specially when we were looking at the roast turkey place, you know, that was sixty cents. Does Mr. Pendleton like beans?"

    1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwell-seasoned balls of ground fish and eggs and crushed crumbs simmered in fish stock

Broader

nouna fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes

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