plural tuna or tunas
1
: any of various large vigorous scombroid fishes (as of the genera Euthynnus, Katsuwonus, and especially Thunnus) that are usually dark above and silvery below and include many that are valued as food or sport fishes see albacore, bigeye tuna, bluefin tuna, dogtooth tuna, little tunny, skipjack tuna, yellowfin tuna
2
: the flesh of a tuna used for food
grilled tuna
specifically,
sometimes tuna fish
: tuna flesh that has been cooked and canned
—often used before another noun
tuna salad
a tuna fish sandwich
1
: any of various flat-jointed prickly pears (genus Opuntia)
especially
: one (O. tuna) of tropical America
2
: the edible fruit of a tuna
Examples of tuna in a Sentence
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Melissa Locker, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
Glass and Vine Adults can enjoy decadent dishes like tuna tartare and chicken black truffle gnocchi while the kids dine from their own menu and play in the adjacent park.
—Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
Performing before a wall festooned with hundreds of tuna tails, Mr. Amagatsu created movements that seemed to reduce himself to the figure of a boy.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
New stand-outs include the toro no toro, in which locally caught kingfish is enhanced with Flemish Holstein beef to imitate the fat of tuna belly and topped with Royal Belgian Caviar.
—Mary Winston Nicklin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024
Testers enjoyed the combination of textures, colorful veggies, and satiating tuna chunks.
—Grace McCarty, SELF, 13 Mar. 2024
A little more than a third of each bag is food scraps: vegetable peels, moldy berries, unwanted tuna salad—organic matter that, in another city, might have been composted.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Sample the nigiri, a slice of tuna set over a tiny alcapurria fritter, a Puerto Rican favorite ($14), and sip a silky Negroni ($15).
—Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Tellingly, Jayasekara toured more than 25 countries to set up his network of suppliers: think reindeer and cloudberries from Norway; single-origin chocolate via a Suffolk specialist; tuna and mirin from Tokyo; and coconut cream from—where else?—Sri Lanka.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
Noun
The tiny islands that make up the Maldives are surrounded by aquamarine water that is home to some 700 species of fish, including tuna wahoos and butterfly fish.
—Melissa Locker, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
Glass and Vine Adults can enjoy decadent dishes like tuna tartare and chicken black truffle gnocchi while the kids dine from their own menu and play in the adjacent park.
—Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
Performing before a wall festooned with hundreds of tuna tails, Mr. Amagatsu created movements that seemed to reduce himself to the figure of a boy.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
New stand-outs include the toro no toro, in which locally caught kingfish is enhanced with Flemish Holstein beef to imitate the fat of tuna belly and topped with Royal Belgian Caviar.
—Mary Winston Nicklin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024
Testers enjoyed the combination of textures, colorful veggies, and satiating tuna chunks.
—Grace McCarty, SELF, 13 Mar. 2024
A little more than a third of each bag is food scraps: vegetable peels, moldy berries, unwanted tuna salad—organic matter that, in another city, might have been composted.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Sample the nigiri, a slice of tuna set over a tiny alcapurria fritter, a Puerto Rican favorite ($14), and sip a silky Negroni ($15).
—Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Tellingly, Jayasekara toured more than 25 countries to set up his network of suppliers: think reindeer and cloudberries from Norway; single-origin chocolate via a Suffolk specialist; tuna and mirin from Tokyo; and coconut cream from—where else?—Sri Lanka.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
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