English Explanatory Dictionary

sardine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.
  2. Someone packed or crammed into a small space.
verb
  1. To fish for sardines.
  2. to pack or cram together tightly.
noun
  1. Carnelian.
  2. Dark-brown sard.
adj
  1. Characteristic of a sardius.
noun
  1. A member of the Italian grassroots political movement organized to protest against the right-wing surge in the country and the political rhetoric of Matteo Salvini.

Pronunciation

/sɑːˈdiːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sardine.wav /sɑɹˈdin/

Word forms

sardine sardines sardining sardined more sardine most sardine

Etymology

Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).

Derived words

bombon sardine California sardine Chilean sardine freshwater sardine gilt sardine Indian oil sardine Lake Malawi sardine Lake Tanganyika sardine Madeiran sardine Marguesan sardine oil sardine orangespot sardine Pacific sardine packed like sardines rainbox sardine red-ear sardine river sardine sardine cisco sardinelike sardinella sardiner sardinewise sardiney scaled sardine smoothbelly sardine Spanish sardine true sardine white sardine
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