herring Definition
her·ring (her′iŋ)
noun pl. -·rings or -·ring
any of various clupeid fishes; esp., a small, silvery food fish (Clupea harengus) of northern seas that is canned as a sardine
Etymology: ME hering < OE hæring, akin to Ger hering
herring Usage Examples
Converse of object
- kipper: At the scene of each crime, they still left a kippered herring.
- marinate: Choose from Orkney cheese, smoked salmon, hot cured salmon or marinated herring, to further enhance that local flavor.
- cure: Most of the cured herring at this time went either to Ireland or the West Indian plantations, where quality was less important.
- smoke: Herring: A red herring is an alternative, somewhat old fashioned, name for a smoked herring.
- catch: A boat had been out in the dawn catching herring.
- salt: A salted herring nailed to a bannock on a wooden plaque.
Preposition: in
barrel: In the yard of Lord Raglan's farmhouse men crammed into every available shed like herrings in a barrel.
Adjective modifier
- pickled: In the Czech Republic itâs ' pickled herring ' .
- red: A red herring pulled across the trail could divert the hounds onto a false path.
- Baltic: The menu is spot on with Baltic herrings with new potatoes or glazed belly pork with chinese cabbage!
- Red: Red herring best home owner insurance in private dining area.
- fresh: Merlin's marine biologist declared the Powan " A fresh water herring that is pretty unique to Loch Lomond.
- complete: This line of argument is a complete red herring.
Modifies a noun
- choker: Posts: 617 | From: more herring choker than bluenose | Registered: Dec 2005 | IP: Logged Jeff.
- gull: Was there a herring gull with an olive branch too?
- drifter: Be amazed at the fully restored herring drifter ' Reaper ' .
- fishery: Rich herring fisheries in the 19th century gave the city new life.
- shoal: During daytime, herring shoals remain close to the sea bottom or in deep water.
- fishing: The stores, which were used in the heyday of the herring fishing industry, had become an eyesore on the harbor front.
Noun used with modifier
salt: Its economic prosperity was largely thanks to the good fishing and for many hundreds of years the locals have exported salt herring.
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