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Narrator: Today's word is "Seafood" — noun, pronounced /ˈsiːfuːd/, with the stress on "sea".
Narrator: Seafood is edible fish and shellfish from the sea, used as food.
Narrator: In plain English, seafood is fish, prawns, crabs and other sea creatures that people eat.
Narrator: It comes from the words sea and food, meaning food from the ocean.
Narrator: "A seafood restaurant" describes a restaurant that specialises in fish and shellfish dishes.
Narrator: It differs from fish because seafood includes shellfish, whereas fish specifically means finned creatures.
Narrator: "A seafood platter" is a sense meaning a dish of assorted fish and shellfish.
Narrator: Cooking, restaurants, nutrition and commerce all rely on the word seafood.
Narrator: So remember: seafood is edible sea life, from sea and food.
Speaker A: What is seafood?
Speaker B: Edible sea life! SEAFOOD combines sea and food, so it means fish and shellfish from the sea used as food.
Speaker A: So prawns are seafood?
Speaker B: Yes — and crabs and oysters too!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "A seafood restaurant"; "a seafood platter"; "fresh seafood" — dining, dishes and quality.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't write seafood as two words, because it's one word: seafood.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: 'Fish' the finned cousin, 'shellfish' the shelled twin, 'catch' the caught alternative. The word keeps its briny charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "seafood" in AI prompts — useful for recipe apps and restaurant tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could frame cooking?
Speaker B: Right. For a recipe app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short guide to cooking seafood, naming two tips.
Speaker A: How about a restaurant tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to describe:
Prompt: Draft a menu description for a seafood platter, naming two items.
Speaker A: Could it help with a nutrition bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame health:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences why seafood is healthy, naming one nutrient.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For an allergy chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short warning about seafood allergies, naming one symptom.
Seafood — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary