goose liver
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6.5
- noun
:
hígado de oca
- Many gourmets travel to France to experience traditional dishes featuring goose liver.
- goose liver pâté
- goose liver for foie
Examples
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Vila Joya, Albufeira, Portugal at no. 45: Austrian chef serves roast goose liver and smoked eel as well as the salt cod the country is famous for.
Blog text (3) -
- I had a little too much goose liver.
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I merely said that I had too much goose liver.
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Madam, he said he wants to eat goose liver and drink Lafite
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And more of this goose-liver pâté he likes so much.
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Strasbourg goose livers and larded hare were offered for the cost of salted peas.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her activities procured for them goose-liver lunches in Turkey, kidney-pie suppers in London, and tenderloin breakfasts in New York.
Fiction book (1995) -
I ordered a dish that included goose liver and found it incredibly rich.
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The chef prepared a luxurious goose liver pâté as an appetizer for the guests.
Synonyms
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1.2
An animal organ eaten as food, often cooked and served
23
8.8
Chefs use animal liver in French cooking
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9.9
A rich smooth spread made from the liver of a specially fattened goose or duck, served as a luxury
5
1.3
The liver of a chicken that people eat
1
4.1
A piece of liver from a young cow eaten as tender, mild meat
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the liver of a goose' is literally and directly derived from combining 'goose' (the bird) with 'liver' (the edible organ), forming a straightforward noun–noun compound. This compositional pattern is regular in English and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Goose liver names the liver of a goose, a body part people cook and eat. Because cooks often fatten geese to make the liver very rich and smooth, goose liver came to mean a special 'food' or 'dish'.