ALL meanings of salamander
sal·a·man·der
S s - noun salamander any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered. 1
- noun salamander a mythical being, especially a lizard or other reptile, thought to be able to live in fire. 1
- noun salamander any of various portable stoves or burners. 1
- noun salamander Metallurgy. a mass of iron that accumulates at the bottom of a blast furnace as a result of the escape of molten metal through the hearth. 1
- noun salamander a metal plate or disk with a handle, heated and held over pastry, casserole crusts, etc., to brown or glaze it. 1
- noun salamander an oven usually heated from the top and bottom by gas, for cooking, browning, and glazing food. 1
- noun salamander small lizard-like animal 1
- countable noun salamander A salamander is an animal that looks rather like a lizard, and that can live both on land and in water. 0
- noun salamander any of various urodele amphibians, such as Salamandra salamandra (European fire salamander) of central and S Europe (family Salamandridae). They are typically terrestrial, have an elongated body, and only return to water to breed 0
- noun salamander any urodele amphibian 0
- noun salamander a mythical reptile supposed to live in fire 0
- noun salamander an elemental fire-inhabiting being 0
- noun salamander any person or thing able to exist in fire or great heat 0
- noun salamander a residue of metal and slag deposited on the walls of a furnace 0
- noun salamander a portable stove used to dry out a building under construction 0
- noun salamander a mythological reptile, resembling the lizard, that was said to live in fire 0
- noun salamander a spirit supposed to live in fire: orig., a spirit in Paracelsus' alchemical system 0
- noun salamander any of various articles used in fire or able to produce or withstand heat, as a poker, portable oven, or a utensil for browning pastry 0
- noun salamander any of an order (Caudata) of limbed, tailed amphibians with a soft, moist skin 0