sardine meaning and definition

SARDINE noun

Definition of sardine (noun)

1. small fatty fish usually canned
   • synonyms: pilchard
2. any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
3. a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
   • synonyms: sard, sardius
4. small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
   • synonyms: pilchard, Sardina pilchardus