From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsalamisa‧la‧mi /səˈlɑːmi/ noun [countable, uncountable] DFa large sausage with a strong taste that is eaten cold
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salami• First I bought a loaf of bread and salami and made myself ten sandwiches to cross the country on.• I try to write good salami, but salami is salami.• It's high quality stuff and his salami and his wild boar sausages are known all over Tuscany.• Lunch was a collation of local salami, black olives, spring onions and dark soft rye-bread.• Any thinly sliced salami works well, also cold roast meat with garlic and chilli sauce.• Anne: Coffee and an apple and some salami for supper.Origin salami (1800-1900) Italian salare “to add salt to”, from sale “salt” 