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goose

goose

24 1.0
Meat from the large water bird often eaten at special meals
  • noun
  • /ɡus/
translation icon : carne de ganso
  • So we've got garlic, goose fat and Rosemary roast potatoes ready to go, fully glazed carrots and parsnips ready to go.
  • roast goose
  • goose liver
  • Christmas goose

And usually the the goose fat has been like warmed and oiled and all gooey and gorgeous and wet.

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Examples

  • I feel bad for the goose a little bit, but it's really tasty.

  • Have you ever tasted goose, Your Majesty?

  • The goose should be done soon.

  • Every time we have goose for dinner, you do that same old trick.

  • Tiny Tim: Mother, there never was such a grand goose as this!

    Fiction book (1998)
  • At Christmas, they had roast goose, but all I got was a bit of cold mutton.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Jackson had never had goose before, and he found it greasy, good-tasting but greasy.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The chef prepared a delicious goose for the holiday feast.

  • For Thanksgiving, we decided to roast a goose instead of a turkey this year.

  • At the restaurant, I ordered a succulent goose served with apple sauce.

Synonyms

meat
vsgoose
1.0

The flesh of animals that people eat

is a specific kind of animal flesh within this very broad category
chicken
vsgoose
586 1.0

Meat from a farm bird that people eat

is another bird meat that is less commonly used in everyday cooking
turkey
vsgoose
231 1.0

The meat of a large farm bird often roasted and eaten

is the meat of a similar large domestic bird used for eating
duck
vsgoose
138 1.0

Meat from the water bird often eaten as food

is the meat of a related waterfowl used in the same culinary ways
bird
vsgoose
100 1.0

Meat from animals like chicken or duck that people eat

is the flesh of a single species within that general group
dove
vsgoose
16 7.8

The meat of a small pigeon that people eat

is meat from a larger waterfowl rather than small game birds
poultry
vsgoose
11 1.6

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

is one specific type of that farmed bird meat
quail
vsgoose
9 6.1

Meat from a small bird often roasted or grilled

is meat from a larger bird used in different serving styles
hen
vsgoose
9 1.0

Meat from an older female chicken that people use for stewing

is meat typically from a different age and usually roasted rather than stewed
fowl
vsgoose
6 3.2

Meat from birds like chicken or duck used for food

is a particular example of that general bird meat category
duckling
vsgoose
1 3.2

Meat from a young duck served as food

is meat from a mature waterfowl, generally larger and firmer
wildfowl
vsgoose
  • UK
4.5

Wild birds like ducks and geese that live near water and are often hunted

is the meat from one of those specific wild waterfowl species

Idioms

To destroy a steady source of income by greedy short-term choices

loose as a goose
  • Informal
1 8.4

Being very relaxed and not worried, acting carefree and playful

Make someone lose their chance of success

9.9

Doing something risky and foolish that will likely make you lose money or get into trouble

In serious trouble and likely to be punished or ruined

A saying that you should not expect a wild person or thing to behave calmly

Compounds

wild-goose chase
  • Informal
22 6.6

A hopeless search for something that does not exist

golden goose
  • Informal
9 4.4

A thing or business that keeps making a lot of money

Mother Goose
  • Literature
3 4.5

An imaginary old woman who writes nursery rhymes and fairy tales

3 3.0

A small raised spot on your skin when you feel cold, scared, or excited

3 3.8

Soft fine feathers from under a goose used as warm filling

3 2.7

A large wild goose from North America with a black head and neck and white cheeks

goose egg
  • Informal
3 8.1

A score or total of zero

2 6.5

A food made from a goose's liver and often served as a rich spread

2 3.7

A small raised bump on the skin that appears when you feel cold, afraid, or have strong feelings

1 3.2

A large wild goose with a black head and white cheek patches that honks loudly and is often near lakes

1 2.8

A white goose with black wing tips found in North America

1 7.5

Fat from geese that people use in cooking and rub on the skin as a simple medicine

1 4.1

Small raised bumps on the skin when you are cold or scared

7.2

A wild goose from North America with dark feathers in summer and white in winter

9.3

A small dark goose that breeds in the far north and flies south for winter

8.8

A small dark goose that breeds in the Arctic and flies south for the winter

A large farm goose from China with a prominent knob on its bill

A small dark bird that lives on northern coasts and eats sea plants

A small goose that breeds in the far north and flies south in winter

goose barnacle
  • Specialized
9.5

A small sea animal with a shell on a stalk that sticks to ships and driftwood

goose grass
  • Specialized
7.9

A coarse annual grass often found as a weed in fields and gardens

An annual plant with sticky, prickly stems that cling to clothes

A low-growing plant that grows back each year with silvery undersides on its leaves

9.8

A wild plum tree from eastern and central North America that makes red-orange fruit with yellow flesh

A march with straight legs swung high used in military parades

A soldier who marches with straight legs and high steps

A low plant that lives many years and people often use as ground cover

5.6

A large gray wild goose common in Europe and western Asia

9.3

A large white seabird with black-tipped wings that dives for fish

9.9

A large white sea bird with black wing tips that dives for fish

How Fatty

goose
24 1.0
duck
138 1.0
turkey
231 1.0
chicken
586 1.0

Surface Forms

goose singular
geese plural

Etymology

Goose as food simply comes from the bird itself; people have long eaten geese and used the same name for the meat. So when you see goose on a menu, it means the bird's 'flesh'.