sardine
pronunciation
How to pronounce sardine in British English:
UK [ˌsɑ:ˈdi:n]
How to pronounce sardine in American English:
US [ˌsɑrˈdin]
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- Noun:
- small fatty fish usually canned
- any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
- a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
- small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
Word Origin
- sardine (n.)
- early 15c., from Latin sardina, from Greek sardine, sardinos, often said to be from Sardo "Sardinia" (see Sardinia), the Mediterranean island, near which the fish probably were caught and from which they were exported. But Klein writes, "It is hardly probable that the Greeks would have obtained fish from so far as Sardinia at a time relatively so early as that of Aristotle, from whom Athenaios quotes a passage in which the fish sardinos is mentioned." Colloquial phrase packed like sardines (in a tin) is recorded from 1911.
Example
- 1. You 're under arrest for ruining sardine land .
- 2. Just in the last few years , the last sardine cannery , in maine , closed its doors .
- 3. The sardine run in south africa is a favourite for underwater photographers ......
- 4. After going on a high-protein diet , mr. glen brought sardine and tuna sandwiches to his bank-consulting job and ate them at his desk .
- 5. The file said that a policeman , a highway patrolman and an army guard all " saw a silver coloured object high up approaching the mountains at sardine canyon " that " appeared to explode in a rash of fire . "