haring

Definitions of haring
  1. noun
    valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
    synonyms: bakharing, panharing
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    bokking, kipper
    salted and smoked herring
    bakbokking
    large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked
    bokking
    a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
    schardijn
    small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
  2. noun
    a peg driven into the ground to hold a rope supporting a tent
    synonyms: piketpaal, tentharing
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    houtje, kleerhaak, kleerhanger, knaap, knaapje, knijper, pen, pin, wasknijper, wasspeld, wervel
    a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
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