a large silver-colored fish that lives in the sea but swims up rivers to lay its eggs, and whose pink flesh is eaten as food
Tourists stood on the bridge watching the salmon leap over the rushing water.
Dad grilled a fresh salmon on cedar planks for our family dinner.
✦ Old French saumon, from Latin salmo "salmon"; related to the verb meaning "to leap" because of the fish’s jumping behavior.
having a soft pinkish-orange color like the flesh of a salmon
She painted her bedroom walls a calming salmon shade.
The sky turned a gentle salmon at sunrise over the quiet lake.
✦ From the color of salmon flesh, first recorded as a color name in English in the late 18th century.
