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SMOKED HERRING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does smoked herring mean?
• SMOKED HERRING (noun)
The noun SMOKED HERRING has 1 sense:
1. a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
Familiarity information: SMOKED HERRING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
red herring; smoked herring
Hypernyms ("smoked herring" is a kind of...):
herring (valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled)
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