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turkey

turkey

231 1.0
The meat of a large farm bird often roasted and eaten
  • noun
  • /ˈtɜrki/
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  • Let's roast this turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
  • roast turkey
  • cook turkey
  • eat turkey

No, I do need to back fat, Turkey neck, everything.

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Examples

  • You had so much ham and turkey left over last night.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • We all want to make it home for turkey dinner.

  • The poor middle class will have to eat ground Turkey or fake beef.

  • I ordered you a turkey sandwich.

  • What makes mine special is putting real bits of Turkey into the actual dressing.

  • One Thanksgiving, Mom got sick of making turkey and decided to make shrimp instead.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • So we have got roast potatoes, Turkey, there is some beef under the stuffing.

  • Momma set the table, we prayed, and Daddy cut up the turkey and passed around the plates.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Let's roast this turkey.

  • There, shriveling in its wrapper, was the turkey sandwich Jennifer brought during Thanksgiving.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

meat
vsturkey
1.0

The flesh of animals that people eat

is limited to the flesh of one large domesticated bird rather than all animals
bird
vsturkey
100 1.0

Meat from animals like chicken or duck that people eat

is the flesh of a single large farmed species often served at holiday meals
poultry
vsturkey
11 1.6

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

is one specific large domesticated bird flesh rather than a whole bird group
fowl
vsturkey
6 3.2

Meat from birds like chicken or duck used for food

is the meat of one large domesticated bird rather than birds in general
roasted turkey
vsturkey
1 1.0

Turkey meat cooked in an oven and served as a main dish

is the same flesh generally but not only prepared by cooking

Idioms

cold turkey
  • Informal
21 6.7

Suddenly stopping a habit or drug completely without cutting down first

7 8.2

Stop a habit or addiction all at once

to talk turkey
  • Informal
6 7.0

Discuss important matters directly to reach an agreement

1 9.1

Having eaten so much that you feel uncomfortable and want to rest

Compounds

4 1.0

The lower part of a turkey that people cook and eat

jive turkey
  • Offensive
3 9.9

A person who pretends and lies to impress others

3 8.4

An event or situation where winning is very easy, for example a shooting contest with easy targets

3 6.0

A large bird with dark feathers that eats dead animals

Turkey meat cooked in an oven and served as a main dish

1 9.9

A male turkey

A seasoned mix of bread and herbs used to fill a roast turkey or serve with it

1 7.8

A large bird with a red bald head that eats dead animals

The lower part of a turkey's leg that people cook and eat

1 2.2

A wing of a turkey that people eat

brush turkey
  • Australian
9.7

A large black bird that builds big nesting mounds in the woods of Australia and New Guinea

A small slow-growing tree with leaves shaped like a turkey's foot that lives on dry sandy soil

A large tree from Europe that loses its leaves and has long leaves with spiky edges

Meat from a female turkey is more tender and tastes milder

A wild bird from Central America and northern South America with shiny feathers and round eye spots on its tail

A country partly in Europe and partly in Asia

9.1

A wild turkey that lives in the bush and has tougher meat

8.1

A tree from the southeastern United States with thin leaves that have pointy tips and deep lobes

Turkey red
  • Archaic
9.6

A bright orange-red color traditionally used to dye cotton cloth

A thick hot meal of turkey and vegetables cooked together

9.9

A male turkey with large colorful tail feathers

turkey coma
  • Informal
7.2

A feeling of being very sleepy after a large holiday meal, often with turkey

8.4

A large tree from Europe and Asia with long narrow leaves with pointed lobes

turkey trot
  • Archaic
9.5

An early dance to lively ragtime music with quick jerky steps like a bird

About as large as a turkey

3.4

A short fun run held around Thanksgiving to raise money for charity

9.7

A large black water bird with a long neck and pointed beak that swims in swamps

How Big

ostrich
24 1.3
turkey
231 1.0
guan
  • US
1 9.9
pigeon
247 1.0
sparrow
38 1.0

Surface Forms

turkey singular
turkeys plural

Etymology

Turkey for the meat simply takes the name of the bird, so the roasted turkey on your plate is the flesh of that bird. This is why we use the same word for both the animal and its food.