- a small young sea fish (for example, a young pilchard) that is either eaten fresh or preserved in tinsTopics Fish and shellfishc1Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin sardina, from sarda, from Greek, probably from Sardō ‘Sardinia’.
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Idioms
See sardine in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary(packed, crammed, etc.) like sardines
- (informal) pressed tightly together in a way that is uncomfortable or unpleasant
- We were packed in like sardines.
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