sardine

sardine is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.
2. noun. See Sardius.
3. noun. any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
4. noun. small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring

   Synonyms: pilchard

5. noun. small fatty fish usually canned

   Synonyms: pilchard

6. noun. a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony

   Synonyms: sard, sardius

Synonyms

pilchard, sard, sardius

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sardine:

andries, isander, randies, sandier

Common word forms

sardined, sardines, sardining

Words from these letters

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