sardines

CEFRB1

/sɑˈrdinz/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Small oily sea fish, often sold in cans.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A children's game in which the players hide together, lying side by side.

Examples

  • Passengers are packed in like sardines on city buses.

  • Packed into wooden fishing boats like sardines, the immigrants undergo the dangerous voyage there.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sardine

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The can was filled with small, salty fish called blank that we ate for lunch.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

The game name refers to sardines tightly packed in a can.