Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ventresca

/vɛntɹˈɛskə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ven-tresca
IPA: /vɛntɹˈɛskə/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Flesh from the belly of a tuna, which is prepared in oil and served as food.

Uncountable

name

Example Sentences

"The choice part of the tunny fish is the stomach (ventresca), which is very tender and of an appetizing creamy-pink color. […] For a salad one must always ask for ventresca."
"Anatra ripiena is a Venetian recipe for duck, sometimes boned, stuffed with a rich mixture of breadcrumbs […], sometimes some tunny ventresca, and nutmeg, […]"
"Ventresca, tuna’s succulent belly, is another of my favorites. […] If I have some cooked cannellini or borlotti beans in the refrigerator, I warm them up with some of the liquid they have been cooked in, then drain them and add them to a can of ventresca together with several thin slices of raw onion."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ventresca.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Ventrescas (plural)

Rhymes With

francesca maresca becka mikeska

Questions

How do you pronounce ventresca?: The recorded pronunciation is /vɛntɹˈɛskə/.
What does ventresca mean?: Flesh from the belly of a tuna, which is prepared in oil and served as food.
Where does ventresca come from?: Borrowed from Italian ventresca.

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