Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: herring
IPA transcription: [h'ɛɹɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: herring, Clupea_harangus
    Meaning: commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
  • Synonyms: herring
    Meaning: valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
Usage examples
  • 17.--Berlin Herring Salad.
  • Soak the herring over night; remove the milch and mash fine.
  • Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net and had wound the twine into a ball.
  • Cut off the head, skin and bone; chop the herring; add chopped apples, pickles, potatoes, olives and capers.
  • The lively little freshwater herring as yet suspect no danger; they are in constant motion, occupied in snapping up the fallen, half-drowned insects.
  • This red herring drawn across the path had been accepted by the conservative suff- ragists evidently in a moment of hopelessness, and their strength put behind it, but the politicians who persuade them to back it knew that it was merely an attempt to evade the issue.
  • Thomas Brown, Youatt, and Blaine, and to the practical information obtained from Mr. Herring of the New Road, and Mr. William George, an extensive dog-fancier at Kensall New Town, may be appropriately subjoined a lively chapter from the recent work of Mr. Francis Butler, a leading American authority on the subject.