[noun] [C] - a small young sea fish which can be eatenSardines can be eaten fresh but are often preserved in oil or tomato sauce in tins.If people are packed/squashed like sardines, they are positioned very close together so that they cannot move.We were squashed like sardines in the rush-hour train.
SARDINE
Meaning of SARDINE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012