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tuna

US /ˈtunə/

noun Advanced · C1 Ăn uống

Definition

tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

She ordered a tuna sandwich and a glass of orange juice.

Collocations

  • Easy canned tuna salad
    to canned tuna salad, meaning to preserve in a can or tin
  • Medium fresh tuna sashimi special
    describing fresh tuna sashimi special (recently made, produced, or harvested)
  • Hard global tuna quota sustainability pact
    describing global tuna quota sustainability pact (involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope)
  • Very Hard prized bluefin tuna auctioned for astronomical sums
    to prized bluefin tuna auctioned for astronomical sums, meaning to hold dear

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