sardine

«sardine» in Mova's school dictionary: a small, silvery sea fish, often eaten from a tin — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sardine, sardines)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sardine is a small, silvery sea fish, often eaten from a tin. tree →

2) (idiom) «Packed like sardines» means squashed very tightly together. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life sardines come in tins, on toast. In science they swim in big shoals and are food for bigger animals. «Sardines» is also a children's hide-and-seek game where everyone squeezes into the hiding place. Phrases: «a tin of sardines», «packed like sardines».

examples

• We had sardines on toast for tea. tree →
• The bus was full; we were packed like sardines. tree →
• Dolphins chase shoals of sardines. tree →
• A tin holds 6 sardines; how many in 4 tins? (24) tree →
• At the party we played sardines. tree →
• Sardines are oily fish and are good for you. tree →
• In fact the wagon was so closely packed with boys of all ages that it looked like a box of sardines. tree →

note

Countable: a sardine, sardines. «Sardines» is also the name of a game (no article: «play sardines»).

In the corpora

• In the locker: «biscuits, potted lobster, sardines».
• He has spotted a sardine-opener — so there must be sardines somewhere.
• They hunt and find sardines, biscuits and a sausage.
• Dietitians suggest eating oily fish, such as salmon or sardines, about once a week.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sardine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.