PICKLED HERRING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)