PICKLED HERRING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pickled herring mean? 

• PICKLED HERRING (noun)
  The noun PICKLED HERRING has 1 sense:

1. herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)

  Familiarity information: PICKLED HERRING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PICKLED HERRING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pickled herring" is a kind of...):

herring (valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pickled herring"):

rollmops (a pickled herring filet that has been rolled or wrapped around a pickle)