| Noun | 1. | sardine - small fatty fish usually canned | |
| 2. | sardine - any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently cannedfood fish - any fish used for food by human beings clupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas sild - any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway | |
| 3. | sardine - a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony | |
| 4. | sardine - small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herringclupeid, clupeid fish - any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas | |