Synonyms for sardine

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sard · sardius · pilchard

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the 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, and many canned sardines in America are sprats.

   Near-synonym: pilchard (broad sense)

Related words

Word family

sardinelike sardiner sardiney

Is a kind of

fish animal creature

Forms

Plural

sardines → sards, sardiuses, pilchards…

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

sard

7 letters

sardius

8 letters

pilchard

In other languages

Français

sardine

Italiano

sardina

Deutsch

Zelthering

Català

sardina