POLLACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pollack mean? 

• POLLACK (noun)
  The noun POLLACK has 3 senses:

1. United States filmmaker (born in 1934)

2. lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

3. important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod

  Familiarity information: POLLACK used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLLACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States filmmaker (born in 1934)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Pollack; Sydney Pollack

Instance hypernyms:

film maker; film producer; filmmaker; movie maker (a producer of motion pictures)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

pollack; pollock

Hypernyms ("pollack" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("pollack" is a part of...):

Pollachius pollachius; pollack; pollock (important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Pollachius pollachius; pollack; pollock

Hypernyms ("pollack" is a kind of...):

gadoid; gadoid fish (a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae)

Meronyms (parts of "pollack"):

pollack; pollock (lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish)

Holonyms ("pollack" is a member of...):

genus Pollachius; Pollachius (pollack)