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airflown en · ADJ

Etymology

From air + flown.

Meanings

  1. (Singapore, not-comparable, of food and ingredients) Freshly imported; flown in from another country.
    • […] lexical innovations, especially compounds, some of them with all elements of English origin, others of hybrid nature: e.g., White Horse (“the sons of politicians or other important persons”), hawker stall/hawker centre (s.a.), void deck (“empty space kept for social functions on the ground floor of apartment blocks”), airflown (“freshly imported (food)”) […] 2019, Sarah Buschfeld, Children’s English in Singapore: Acquisition, Properties, and Use, →ISBN, Singapore English, page 33:
    • Air flown fresh Salmon farmed in Norwegian cold & clean waters off the coast of Norway. A versatile fish prepared with the skin on for ease of cooking and to give a fuller flavour. 2024 December 12 (last accessed), “Air Flown Fresh Salmon Fillet”, in fisk.com.sg, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2024:

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