sardine meaning in Malayalam
ചാള cāḷa
/sɑːˈdiːn/US/sɑɹˈdin/
sardine in Malayalam: ചാള (cāḷa), മത്തി (matti). In English, sardine means any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden, and many canned sardines in America are sprats.
Malayalam words for sardine
- sardine, small oily epipelagic fish belonging to the family Clupeidae
- ചാള cāḷa, മത്തി matti
English meaning of sardine
- noun Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden, and many canned sardines in America are sprats.
- noun Someone packed or crammed into a small space.
- verb To fish for sardines.
- verb To pack or cram together tightly.
sardine in a sentence
- Near-synonym: pilchard (broad sense)
- They feasted on premium sardines packed in olive oil, as did their hunting dogs, who insisted on joining the meal.
- They watched bemused as countless sardines disgorged from a railway car that was never designed to hold so many passengers.
Synonyms of sardine
sardine in other languages
Questions about sardine in Malayalam
- What is the meaning of sardine in Malayalam?
- Sardine in Malayalam is ചാള (cāḷa), മത്തി (matti).
- sardine എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
- Sardine: ചാള (cāḷa), മത്തി (matti).
- What does sardine mean in English?
- Sardine means any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden, and many canned sardines in America are sprats.
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Malayalam words from Wiktionary's Malayalam entries whose English meaning is “sardine”: ചാള, മത്തി. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: sardine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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