bird
- noun
- /bɜrd/
- So, let's take a look at these Thanksgiving birds.
- game bird
So although it works great to brine a whole bird, the skin gets horrible.
- So although it works great to brine a whole bird, the skin gets horrible.
- Poultry, chicken, Turkey, duck, emu, goose, Bush, birds, birds.
- When the giant birds pass away, we'll have chicken.
- So you're in a place where hot bitches is eating bird feets.
Examples
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Nothing remained of the bird, not even the fatty triangular bit of its tail.
Fiction book (1991) -
After a little more persuasion, he agreed to donate the bird to our collection, and I started the paperwork.
Academic text (2002) -
And his father takes the bird and breaks its neck.
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When we win... I'll give you the dead bird to take home.
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Wash and just pat dry the bird with a paper towel.
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There were already several birds in the freezer, waiting to be stuffed.
Fiction book (1993) -
The Pence Ranch turned out to be a bird hunter's paradise.
Fiction book (1994) -
At least she had cooked a small bird instead of an eighteen-pound behemoth.
Fiction book (1997) -
For dinner tonight, we are having a roasted bird with vegetables.
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The chef recommended marinating the bird before grilling it for added flavor.
Synonyms
The flesh of animals that people eat
A bird kept on farms for eggs and meat
The meat of a large farm bird often roasted and eaten
The meat from the front of a bird like a chicken or turkey
The wing of a chicken cooked and eaten as a snack
Meat from the large water bird often eaten at special meals
The meat of a small pigeon that people eat
Meat from birds like chickens, ducks and turkeys used for food
Meat from a small bird often roasted or grilled
Meat from an older female chicken that people use for stewing
Meat from a large wild bird often roasted for food
Meat from birds like chicken or duck used for food
Turkey meat cooked in an oven and served as a main dish
Meat from a seabird, often from chicks and usually smoked
Idioms
Compounds
- Australian
A brightly colored bird from New Guinea with showy feathers and a special mating dance
Large tropical seabird with long wings and a forked tail that often steals food from other birds while flying
- Indian
A tropical bird from Asia that copies human speech and is often kept as a pet
- Specialized
A dinosaur that eats meat and has short front legs and strong back legs for running
A mostly white tropical bird with webbed feet and long tail feathers that lives at sea
- Specialized
A small wingless insect that lives on birds and bites their skin or feathers
- Archaic
A large bird from Southeast Asia that people keep for bright feathers and beauty
A climbing plant with dense groups of purple-blue flowers often found in fields and gardens
- Specialized
A long-winged night bird like a nightjar that eats insects in the air
- Specialized
A bird with a raised ridge on its breastbone that holds strong wing muscles
A small European tree with clusters of sweet-smelling white flowers and black fruit eaten by birds
- Specialized
A bird like a cuckoo or roadrunner with two toes pointing forward and two back for perching securely
- Specialized
A bird with long wings and weak feet that spends most of its time flying like swifts and hummingbirds
A small European tree that has groups of white flowers and small black fruit
A large sea bird with a long beak, very long wings, and a forked tail that flies over warm seas
- Australian
A bird with large feet that builds piles of dead plants to keep its eggs warm
- Australian
A large bird with big feet that builds mounds of dead plants to keep its eggs warm
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bird used to mean the animal, and people began to use the same word for its meat, so a 'roast bird' simply means a bird prepared to eat.