dove

Examples

• All

• It's the best dove hunting in Argentina.

  Extraction (2020)

• I bet they're going to serve dove for dinner.

  Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

• Gentlemen, a piece of dove.

  Sextette (1978)

• Let's eat a dove, be a tiger.

• So, you buy animals and sheep and doves, and you kill them?

  Barabbas (2012)

• Watch out for fields that may be planted for cover crops or dove hunting nearby.

  Blog text (6)

• Ten years' worth of frozen dove and quail.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Under the pretext of practicing for duck season, dove hunting became the excuse to get out in the field.

  Blog text (28)

• I have here a dish of doves I would bestow upon your worship.

  The Merchant of Venice (2004)

• The chef recommended a special recipe featuring dove marinated in herbs and spices.

Synonyms

M

meat

vsdove

∞ 1.0

The flesh of animals that people eat

is the flesh of a specific small bird rather than animals generally

C

chicken

vsdove

586 1.0

Meat from a farm bird that people eat

is meat from a different domestic or wild small bird species

T

turkey

vsdove

231 1.0

The meat of a large farm bird often roasted and eaten

is meat from a smaller pigeon family bird rather than this large bird

D

duck

vsdove

138 1.0

Meat from the water bird often eaten as food

is meat from a different, usually smaller, land bird species

B

bird

vsdove

100 1.0

Meat from animals like chicken or duck that people eat

is the flesh of one small feathered species rather than all feathered animals

C

chicken wing

vsdove

30 1.0

The wing of a chicken cooked and eaten as a snack

refers to the whole bird's flesh rather than a single edible part

G

goose

vsdove

24 1.0

Meat from the large water bird often eaten at special meals

is meat from a smaller bird species rather than this large waterfowl

R

rabbit

vsdove

23 1.0

Meat from a small furry mammal used for food

is meat from a bird species rather than from a mammal

P

poultry

vsdove

11 1.6

Meat from birds like chickens, ducks and turkeys used for food

is meat of a single small bird species rather than a category of domestic birds

Q

quail

vsdove

9 6.1

Meat from a small bird often roasted or grilled

is meat from a different small bird species rather than this game bird

H

hen

vsdove

9 1.0

Meat from an older female chicken that people use for stewing

is meat from that bird species in general, not specifically older females

P

pheasant

vsdove

7 6.7

Meat from a large wild bird often roasted for food

is meat from a different medium bird species rather than this wild bird

F

fowl

vsdove

6 3.2

Meat from birds like chicken or duck used for food

is the flesh of a particular small bird species rather than birds generally

S

squab

vsdove

4 9.9

Meat from a young pigeon that people cook and eat

is the meat of that bird species at any age rather than only young

H

hare

vsdove

1 7.0

Meat from a wild animal like a rabbit eaten as food

is the flesh of a bird species rather than the flesh of mammals

M

muttonbird

vsdove

• Australian

9.0

Meat from a seabird, often from chicks and usually smoked

is meat of a different land or common small bird rather than a seabird

H

hen turkey

vsdove

7.4

Meat from a female turkey is more tender and tastes milder

is meat from a different smaller wild or domestic bird species

Compounds

M

mourning dove

• US

1 6.2

A small wild bird in North America that makes a soft, sad cooing sound

S

soiled dove

• Slur

1 9.9

A woman, often a prostitute, who people think has a bad reputation

R

rock dove

3.4

A pale grey pigeon with black-striped wings from Europe and Asia

Surface Forms

Etymology