sardine

  • 41sardine — sar|dine [ˌsa:ˈdi:n US ˌsa:r ] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Latin sardina] 1.) a small young fish that is often packed in flat metal boxes when it is sold as food 2.) be packed like sardines to be crowded tightly together in a small… …

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  • 42Sardine — Sar|di|ne die; , n <aus gleichbed. it. sardina, dies aus spätlat. sardina zu lat. sarda »Hering«> kleiner, zu den Heringen gehörender Fisch in Atlantik, Mittelmeer u. Schwarzem Meer, der hauptsächlich in Öl konserviert in den Handel kommt …

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  • 43sardine — sar|dine [ sar din ] noun count a silver fish used for food, either cooked and eaten fresh or preserved in cans (=metal containers) packed/squashed etc. in like sardines crowded so tightly together in a space that there is no room to move:… …

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  • 44sardine — poisson ♦ Sardaigne île d Italie près de laquelle ce poisson abonde …

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  • 45sardine — [[t]sɑː(r)di͟ːn[/t]] sardines 1) N COUNT Sardines are a kind of small sea fish, often eaten as food. They opened a tin of sardines. 2) PHRASE: usu v link PHR (emphasis) If you say that a crowd of people are packed like sardines, you are… …

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  • 46sardine — sar·dine || sÉ‘r dɪːn /sɑː v. cram, pack together tightly n. any small edible fish from the herring family …

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  • 47sardine — 1) randies 2) sandier …

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  • 48sardine — sardine1 [sα: di:n] noun 1》 a young pilchard or other young or small herring like fish. 2》 (sardines) [treated as sing.] Brit. a children s game in which one child hides and the other children, as they find the hider, join him or her in the… …

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  • 49sardine — n. See sardel …

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  • 50sardine — noun 1 (C) a small young fish that is often packed in flat metal boxes 2 be packed like sardines to be crowded tightly together in a small space: commuters packed like sardines on the evening train …

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