goose grease

1 7.5

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

noun
/ɡus ɡris/

: grasa de oca

She remembered her grandmother rubbing goose grease on her chest to treat a cough.

Examples

She bought some goose grease from the farmer's market.
In gourmet kitchens, goose grease is prized for roasting potatoes.
Many traditional recipes call for goose grease as a cooking fat.
I used goose grease to fry the potatoes.
During the winter, many people use goose grease for roasting vegetables to enhance their flavor.
She applied goose grease to her grandmother's old cooking recipes for a traditional touch.
The chef swears that adding goose grease to the dish gives it a rich and savory taste.

Synonyms

grease

vsgoose grease

127 1.8

A thick oily material used to make engine parts move smoothly

is a food oil from a particular bird used in cooking and remedies

animal fat

vsgoose grease

5 2.6

The oily part of animals' bodies used for cooking and making products

is from one bird species and used in cooking and remedies

Surface Forms

goose grease singular

goose greases plural

Morphology

goose + grease

The meaning 'fat obtained from geese' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'goose' (the bird) with 'grease' (fat/oily substance); a learner who knows both words can infer this compound's meaning. This animal + fat collocation is cross-linguistically common (e.g., duck fat) and follows ordinary English compounding patterns, so it is immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.

Etymology

Goose grease is the name for the fat that comes from a goose, the grease, and cooks used it for frying while families rubbed it on chests to help coughs. So the phrase means the 'fat from geese' used for cooking and simple home remedies.