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Oven Stuffer

Oven Stuffer

4.8
A large chicken for roasting sold in supermarkets under a brand name
  • noun
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  • She bought an Oven Stuffer for Sunday dinner and roasted it with herbs and vegetables.

Examples

  • The recipe calls for a whole Oven Stuffer, but you can use any large roasting chicken.

  • I bought an Oven Stuffer for dinner.

  • Supermarkets often advertise Oven Stuffers at a discount during the holiday season.

  • The Oven Stuffer was delicious and juicy.

  • I bought an Oven Stuffer for our family gathering so we could enjoy a delicious roast chicken.

  • The Oven Stuffer is large enough to feed a big family, making it a popular choice at the supermarket.

  • After roasting the Oven Stuffer, we used the leftovers to make chicken sandwiches throughout the week.

Synonyms

chicken
vsOven Stuffer
586 1.0

Meat from a farm bird that people eat

is a branded label for a specific large roasting bird sold in supermarkets
roaster
vsOven Stuffer
1 4.1

A large young chicken sold for cooking, often for a family meal

is a branded name for that supermarket-sized roasting bird

Surface Forms

Oven Stuffer singular
Oven Stuffers plural

Morphology

oven + stuffer

Although 'oven' (cooking appliance) and 'stuffer' (one who fills or a tool for filling) give a vague culinary sense, a B1 learner would not reliably infer the specific meaning 'brand name for a large roasting chicken' from the parts; they might instead think of a device or someone who stuffs food or something to put in the oven. Because this is a commercial brand name with an arbitrary mapping to a particular product, the meaning is not predictably compositional for learners.

Etymology

Oven Stuffer comes from the simple image of a big chicken that is stuffed and put into the oven to roast. Shops call a very large roasting bird an 'Oven Stuffer' to show it is a 'large roasting chicken' ready for a meal.