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rabbit

rabbit

14 1.0
Meat from a small furry mammal used for food
  • noun
  • /ˈræbɪt/
: carne de conejo
  • One rabbit stew coming right up.
  • rabbit stew
  • braised rabbit
  • roast rabbit

The second week is like survival stuff like how to kill a rabbit, how to skin it, stuff like that.

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Examples

  • She made a braised rabbit with olives, orange and pickled onions.

  • In the kettle, Delilah's corn soup, thick and rich with rabbit meat, white beans, turnips, and lye corn.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Did you like the rabbit pie?

  • Bring us a big, fat rabbit.

  • I'll make a Welsh rabbit and we'll celebrate.

  • Do you want to eat the rabbit or a carrot?

  • Do you like rabbit stew?

  • I made some good old sage bread, and rabbit stew.

  • Last night they'd snared a rabbit, skinned it, and roasted it, but Islief had not eaten.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • For dinner, we had a delicious rabbit stew with vegetables.

Synonyms

meat
vsrabbit
∞ 1.0

The flesh of animals that people eat

is a specific type of animal flesh rather than the general category
quail
vsrabbit
10 6.1

Meat from a small bird often roasted or grilled

is mammal meat and used without focusing on roasting or youth
dove
vsrabbit
5 7.8

The meat of a small pigeon that people eat

refers to flesh of a small mammal rather than bird meat
hen
vsrabbit
2 1.0

Meat from an older female chicken that people use for stewing

is lean mammal flesh often cooked without long stewing
hare
vsrabbit
1 7.0

Meat from a wild animal like a rabbit eaten as food

has identical meaning but uses the other common species name

Idioms

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Compounds

rabbit hole
  • Texting
24 6.0

A long series of online links or pages that makes you lose track of time

bunny rabbit
  • Informal
19 1.0

A small, soft rabbit often thought of as young and cute

9 3.4

A hole in the ground where wild rabbits live and hide

4 2.1

Long ears on a rabbit that stand up and help it hear

rabbit food
  • Informal
3 6.9

Raw vegetables or salad that seem boring and not filling

rabbit ears
  • Archaic
3 5.6

Two metal rods on a TV that you move to get a clear picture

rabbit punch
  • Jargon
2 9.3

A short hard hit to the back of the neck that is dangerous and illegal in boxing

2 2.2

A small cage with a wire front for keeping rabbits outside

rabbit warren
  • Informal
1 7.5

A crowded maze of small houses and narrow streets

1 6.7

Melted cheese served hot on toast, often with beer or mustard

rabbit fever
  • Specialized
1 8.5

A disease in rabbits and other small animals that can spread to people by ticks, flies or touching infected animals

1 3.3

The fur and hide of a rabbit used to make clothes or soft craft items

Underground tunnels where wild rabbits live

A small North American rabbit with grey or brown fur and a white underside to its tail

rabbit test
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A pregnancy test that uses a rabbit by injecting a woman's urine and checking its ovaries for changes

1 3.9

A large North American hare with very big back feet that turns white in winter

A hole or tunnel in the ground where small wild animals live

white rabbit
  • Literature
1 9.1

A person who is often late or a sign that leads someone into a new unknown adventure

A domestic rabbit with very long, soft fur often kept for its wool

1 2.4

A common burrowing rabbit from southern Europe and northern Africa, often kept as a pet

1 9.6

A shrub with thin hairy branches and bright yellow flowers that smells nice and grows on western plains

1 8.1

A large rabbit that lives in marshes and swims well in the southeastern United States

rabbit-eye blueberry
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A bush that produces small sweet blueberries grown in the southeastern United States

1 8.9

A scented shrub with many small yellow flowers that people use to make yellow dye

1 2.8

About the same size as a rabbit

1 9.0

A small shy animal that lives among rocks and looks like a rabbit but is not a true rabbit

rabbit skin
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A strong glue made by boiling rabbit hide for sticking wood or canvas

A stew made from horse and rabbit meat

9.9

A state of becoming very jumpy and worried when stressed

9.9

A small Australian animal with long ears like a rabbit

rabbit-weed
  • Specialized
9.9

A low, sticky bush with narrow leaves and many small yellow flowers

rabbit bandicoot
  • Australian
9.9

A small Australian animal that carries its babies in a pouch with large leathery ears like a rabbit

roof rabbit
  • Informal
9.9

A playful name for a small rabbit seen on rooftops in cities

A burrowing rabbit from southern Europe and northern Africa often kept as a pet

5.6

A small North American rabbit with grey or brown fur found in woods

How Lean

cod
3 1.0
rabbit
14 1.0
chicken
960 1.0
duck
75 1.0
pork
334 1.0

Surface Forms

rabbit singular
rabbits plural

Etymology

Rabbit for the meat comes from the animal's name, because people often use the animal name to mean its flesh for food, just like 'chicken' or 'lamb'.