noun a large poker.
2. salamander ·noun solidified material in a furnace hearth.
3. salamander ·noun the pouched gopher (geomys tuza) of the southern united states.
4. salamander ·noun a culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, ·etc., to brown it.
5. salamander ·noun any one of numerous species of urodela, belonging to salamandra, amblystoma, plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits.