sardine
nounUK /ˌsɑːˈdiːn/
US /ˌsɑːrˈdiːn/
A sardine is a very small fish that people often eat from a can.
She put a sardine on a cracker for a snack.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A young or small fish of several kinds, especially one packed in oil or sauce.
The market sells sardines in tomato sauce.
3. A person or thing squeezed tightly into a small space, as in the phrase 'packed like sardines'.
We were packed like sardines on the morning train.
4. A deep greenish-blue color, like the back of a sardine.
The dress was a dark sardine blue.