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herring Definition

her·ring (her)

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.