Meaning Of The Word Sprat

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Sprat? Find Sprat meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Sprat Meaning

Sprat Definition
Sprat Definition

What's The Definition Of Sprat?

sprat
countable noun: Sprats are very small European sea fish which can be eaten.

sprat in American English
any of a genus (Sprattus) of small, silvery herrings of temperate seas, esp. a European species (S. sprattus) often canned as food
noun: a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic

sprat in British English
noun: a small marine food fish, Clupea sprattus, of the NE Atlantic Ocean and North Sea: family Clupeidae (herrings)

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Echo sounder ‐ noun: a navigation and position-finding device…
  • Calf roping ‐ noun: a timed rodeo event in which a mounted rider…
  • Unplowed ‐ adjective; adjective: not tilled…
  • Skidpan ‐ noun: an area made slippery so that vehicle drivers…
  • Polysyllabic ‐ having several, esp. four or more, syllables…
  • Quadrominium ‐ noun: a building consisting of four individually…
  • Hoof foot ‐ noun: a termination to a leg, consisting of a…
  • Storage unit ‐ noun: a piece of furniture for storing something…
  • Fall back ‐ to give way; recede; retreat; to recede or retreat…
  • Exude ‐ to pass out in drops through pores, an incision…