samlet

Either a contraction of salmon +‎ -let or a modification of earlier salmonet either on that basis or with dissimilation of /mn/ (as in chimley, a common dialectal form of chimney).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsamlət/

samlet (plural samlets)

1. A young salmon.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 193:

     Demon popped into his mouth a last morsel of black bread with elastic samlet, gulped down a last pony of vodka and took his place at the table with Marina facing him across its oblong length.

• lamest, malest, metals

samlet

1. past participle of samle
2. (as an adjective) overall, total, whole
3. (as an adjective) joint
4. (as an adjective) assembled
5. (adverbial) taken together, in the aggregate
6. (adverbial) jointly
7. (adverbial) in a body

samlet

1. simple past and past participle of samle

• samla