Dictionary entry

Whitebait

Pronunciation: /ˈwʌɪtbeɪt/

Pronunciation

/ˈwʌɪtbeɪt/

Myanmar Meaning

ငွေရောင်ငါးကလေး (စားစရာ)။

Definition

whitebait /'waÇtbeÇt/ n [U] ေၾကာ္စားရေသာ ငါးကေလးတစ္မ်ဳိး။

Examples

  1. ‘In Dorset
  2. mackerel usually arrive in June
  3. as they chase the sand eels and whitebait inshore
  4. sometimes chasing them right up onto the beach.’
  5. ‘Finns eat whitebait fried
  6. or in a dill sauce
  7. or in a garlic sauce
  8. or in a tomato sauce
  9. or baked in bread.’
  10. ‘It's illegal in New Zealand to sell any native fish without a permit - apart from whitebait.’
  11. ‘‘Wild puffins normally eat live whitebait
  12. sprats and sand eels which they dive in the sea for
  13. ’ said Mrs Platts.’
  14. ‘You can cook any fish by this method
  15. though I will agree that whitebait are fiddly.’