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liver

liver

232 1.2
An animal organ eaten as food, often cooked and served
  • noun
  • /ˈlɪvər/
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  • The chef recommended duck liver pâté as a delicacy for the meal.
  • chopped liver
  • liver oil
  • cod liver

And they will go eat a great White's liver just because they can.

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Examples

  • Pound of chopped liver.

  • Let me have a pound of liver and two of bacon.

  • Now, if you wanted to buy liver for dinner, what would you do?

  • "What am I supposed to do with this liver?" one of them wanted to know.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • "We'll make us a fire and have liver and heart tonight, girl!

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I got it from a pig's liver.

  • I had some liver which had been poached in milk.

  • The smell of sizzling onions and liver crept in under the door.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Liver kabobs, beef liver to be exact, grilled over charcoal.

  • For dinner, we had grilled chicken liver served with mashed potatoes.

Synonyms

foie
vsliver
23 8.8

Chefs use animal liver in French cooking

is used more generally as food beyond French cuisine

Compounds

liver disease
  • Specialized
11 3.3

A health problem that harms the liver and stops it working well

liver cancer
  • Specialized
8 2.7

A serious liver disease in which cells grow too fast and form a harmful lump

The liver of a chicken that people eat

4 4.8

A small brown patch on older people's skin caused by sun or aging

3 5.6

A long-term disease where the liver becomes scarred and does not work well

2 6.5

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

A liquid from the livers of cod that people take as a vitamin supplement

A cooked sausage made from pork liver and simple seasonings, served in slices

Meat from a young cow's liver that people eat

fatty liver
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A condition where extra fat builds up in the liver and can make it not work well

liver fluke
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A small worm that lives in the liver of animals and people

Cells in the liver grow out of control and form a dangerous lump

1 4.1

A piece of liver from a young cow eaten as tender, mild meat

A smooth creamy spread made from chicken liver and served on toast

Oil from the livers of cod and similar fish that people take to get vitamins A and D

A reddish-brown color like the fur of some dogs

A soft meat spread people make from ground liver and spices

central vein of liver
  • Specialized
4.6

A small blood vessel at the center of a liver lobule that collects blood and sends it to larger veins

A fatty oil from fish livers used to give vitamins A and D

free-liver
  • Archaic
9.8

A person who often eats and drinks a lot for pleasure without limits

liver chestnut
  • Specialized
8.1

A horse coat that is a solid dark reddish brown

liver rot
  • Specialized
7.5

An illness of the liver in animals like sheep or cattle caused by small flat worms

A white dog with brown spots instead of black

halibut-liver oil
  • Specialized
6.8

A fatty oil from halibut livers that supplies vitamin A

shark-liver oil
  • Specialized
7.5

An oil made from shark livers that people use as a health supplement and to soften leather

How Rich

foie gras
17 9.9
liver
232 1.2

Surface Forms

liver singular
livers plural

Etymology

Liver as food is simply the same word for the organ when it is prepared to eat; because cooks use the animal's liver in many dishes, liver now also means the liver you eat, as in fried or made into pâté.