fishery
noun
Simple meaning
A right to fish in a particular location, such as territorial fishing waters.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfɪʃɚi
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Definition
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noun
countable
A right to fish in a particular location, such as territorial fishing waters.
uncountable
Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
A workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground (for example, a territorial one).
countable
A place related to fishing, particularly
countable
A fishing company.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Formality
- Technical
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: A right to fish in a particular location, such as territorial fishing waters.
Used this way, fishery is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use fishery
- “The local fishery processes hundreds of pounds of fresh salmon daily.”noun
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Compound terms
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A fishery where they fish for pearl oysters.
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