SARDINE


Meaning of SARDINE in English

(~s)

1.

Sardines are a kind of small sea fish, often eaten as food.

They opened a tin of ~s.

N-COUNT

2.

If you say that a crowd of people are packed like ~s, you are emphasizing that they are sitting or standing so close together that they cannot move easily.

The refugees were packed like ~s.

PHRASE: usu v-link PHR emphasis

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