Sardine - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌsɑːrˈdiːn|  American pronunciation of the word sardine
Brit.  |sɑːˈdiːn|  British pronunciation of the word sardine

noun

- small fatty fish usually canned (syn: pilchard)
- any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
- a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony (syn: sard, sardius)
- small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring (syn: pilchard)

Extra examples

Herz sees himself as a pugnacious sardine going up against rule-flouting sharks.

Word forms

noun
singular: sardine
plural: sardines
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