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sar·dine
(sär-dēn′)n.
1. Any of various edible fishes of the family Clupeidae that are frequently canned, especially small herrings of western Atlantic waters and Sardina pilchardus of European waters.
2. Any of various other small, silvery, edible freshwater or marine fishes.
tr.v. sar·dined, sar·din·ing, sar·dines Slang
To pack tightly; cram: "The bars are sardined with hungry hopefuls" (Gael Greene).
[Middle English sardin, from Old French sardine, from Latin sardīna, from sarda, a kind of fish, ultimately from Greek Sardō, Sardinia.]
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sardine
(sɑːˈdiːn)n, pl -dines or -dine
1. (Animals) any of various small marine food fishes of the herring family, esp a young pilchard. See also sild
2. like sardines very closely crowded together
[C15: via Old French from Latin sardīna, diminutive of sarda a fish suitable for pickling]
sardine
(ˈsɑːdiːn; -dən)n
(Minerals) another name for sard
[C14: from Late Latin sardinus, from Greek sardinos lithos Sardian stone, from Sardeis Sardis]
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sar•dine
(sɑrˈdin)n., pl. (esp. collectively) -dine, (esp. for kinds or species) -dines.
1. the pilchard, Sardinops sagax, often preserved in oil and used for food.
2. any of various similar, closely related fishes of the herring family Clupeidae.
[1400–50; late Middle English sardeine < Middle French sardine < Latin sardīna]
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| Noun | 1. |  sardine - small fatty fish usually canned saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food |
| 2. | sardine - any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned food fish - any fish used for food by human beings clupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas sild - any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway | |
| 3. | sardine - a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony calcedony, chalcedony - a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz | |
| 4. | sardine - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring clupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea - small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America |
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Translations
سَرْدِينسَمَك سَرْدين
sardinka
sardin
sardiini
sardina
szardínia
sardína
サーディン
정어리
sardinė
sardīne
sardinka
sardina
sardin
ปลาซาร์ดีน
сардинка
cá mòi
sardine
[sɑːˈdiːn] N (sardine or sardines (pl)) → sardina fpacked in like sardines → como sardinas en lata
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sardine
(saːˈdiːn) noun a young pilchard, often packed in oil in small tins.
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sardine
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