sardine
/sɑrˈdin/
noun
- A small, oily fish that is often canned and eaten as food.
- The fisherman caught a net full of sardines off the coast.
- Sardines are rich in omega-3 fatty acids.
- She opened a tin of sardines for a quick lunch.
- A person or thing that is packed tightly together with others, as in a crowded space.
- We were packed like sardines on the rush-hour train.
- The concert was so popular that the crowd stood like sardines in the hall.
- They squeezed into the tiny car like sardines.