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Word entry · 7 letters

sardine

Best crossword clue

"Small canned fish"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /sɑːˈdiːn/Part of speech nounSorted adeinrsStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned

Word origin

Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).

Used in a sentence

  • They feasted on premium sardines packed in olive oil, as did their hunting dogs, who insisted on joining the meal.
  • They watched bemused as countless sardines disgorged from a railway car that was never designed to hold so many passengers.
  • No one on Monhegan says they saw them, but a man sardining says he saw it headed there, or at least some boat with people atop it.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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