Definitions for tuna

tuna tu·na

Spelling: [too-nuh, tyoo-]
IPA: /ˈtu nə, ˈtyu-/

Tuna is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in tuna (antu).

Definitions for tuna

noun

  1. any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas. Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
  2. any of various related fishes.
  3. Also called tuna fish. the flesh of the tuna, used as food.
  4. any of various prickly pears, especially either of two erect, treelike species, Opuntia tuna or O. ficus-indica, of Mexico, bearing a sweet, edible fruit.
  5. the fruit of these plants.

Origin of tuna

1880-85, Americanism; American Spanish, variant of Spanish atún Arabic al the + tūn Greek thýnnos tunny

Examples for tuna

When I think of Sam I think of tuna—those torpedoes of the ocean.

The birdman cooked the flesh in his ‘kitchen’, which was a tuna can on top of an ‘eye’ just like mine.

The next step was to steal one of the six pound tuna cans from the warehouse.

We have tried to introduce principles of the tuna Club of Avalon.

Who the hell would have a tuna sandwich first thing in the morning?

Champagne, which is also acidic, offers a nice complement to anything from tuna tartare to beef bourguignon.

Not only had I stopped the tuna, but soon I had him coming up, slowly yet rather easily.

His tail was big like that of a tuna, and his head sharper, more wolfish than a barracuda.

A flock of gulls were circling low, perhaps over a school of tuna.

While the President chomped on his tuna fish sandwich, the Blackhawk pilot explained the details of his crash.

Word Value for tuna
Scrable

4

Words with friends

6

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