whiting
Noun
- A marine food fish; also, a substance used for whitening.
- flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
- flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
- a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
- any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
- found off Atlantic coast of North America
- a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
- A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
- A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
- Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
- in family Gadidae:
- Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).
- Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
- in family Gadidae:
- Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
- Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
- in family Gadidae:
- A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
- in family Gadidae:
- A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
- Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
- in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.
- Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
- in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
Verb
- turn white
- present participle and gerund of white
Examples
- He found a lucky spot for WHITING, extending his word and catching extra points.
Origin / Etymology
From white + -ing.
Synonyms
Gadus merlangus, Merlangus merlangus, Merluccius bilinearis, silver hake, white, whiten, whitening
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
whiting: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwhiting: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
whiting: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
whiting: valid Words With Friends Word