Associations to the word «Sardine»

SARDINE, noun. 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 (Clupea pichardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.

SARDINE, noun. (obsolete) carnelian

SARDINE, noun. (figurative) Someone packed or crammed into a small space.

SARDINE, verb. To fish for sardines

SARDINE, verb. To pack or cram together tightly.

SARDINE, noun. Small fatty fish usually canned.

SARDINE, noun. Any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned.

SARDINE, noun. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.

SARDINE, noun. Small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring.