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sild

/sɪld/

sild noun: any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine.

Noun

sild (countable and uncountable, plural silds)

  1. Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine.

Forms of sild

pluralsilds

Origin of sild

From Norwegian and Danish sild, from Old Norse síld. More at sile. See also sillock.

Words that rhyme with sild

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about sild

What does sild mean?
Sild means any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine.
What part of speech is sild?
Sild is a noun.
How do you pronounce sild?
Sild is pronounced /sɪld/.
What is the plural of sild?
The plural of sild is silds.

Words near sild in the dictionary

  1. Silcoxes
  2. silcrete
  3. silcretes
  4. silcrow
  5. silcrows
  6. sild
  7. sildenafil
  8. sildenafil citrate
  9. sildenafils
  10. silds
  11. sile

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