Home › Words › K › klipfishklipfishklipfish means sun-dried salted cod, especially [Atlantic] cod and especially that exported from Norway.EtymologyFrom Norwegian Bokmål klippfisk (with adaptation to fish), meaning "rock fish", named for being dried on rocks; more there.nounSun-dried salted cod, especially [Atlantic] cod and especially that exported from Norway.e.g.“Near-synonym: salt cod (sometimes hypernymous)”A fish of any of certain genera in the family Clinidae.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bacalhau 71% match — Dried salted cod; salt cod; klipfish. vs klipfish →saltfish 67% match — salt cod: dried and salted cod. vs klipfish →crapefish 66% match — Salted codfish hardened by pressure. vs klipfish →dunfish 64% match — A kind of cured codfish. vs klipfish →codfish 64% match — A cod (any of various fish, especially the Atlantic cod). vs klipfish →klondike 63% match — A source of wealth or something else valuable. vs klipfish →bokkom 62% match — Salted dried fish (normally mullet), a traditional delicacy of the West Coast of South Africa. vs klipfish →baccala 61% match — Dried and salted codfish. vs klipfish →