squab
Speech parts
1. squab - Noun
2. squab - Adjective
3. squab - Verb
4. squab - Adverb
6. squab - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.
A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.
A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.
With a heavy fall; plump.
To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
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At dinner in first class that evening the seventh course was roast squab and cress: enough said,” writes Op-Ed columnist Roger Cohen in “The Titanic and the End of an Era.”
The restaurant had a dirt floor and thatched roof, the obvious setting for a squab and cornbread dinner.
Live nestling or squab Generally, the eggs were laid during the first two weeks of April across the pigeon's range.
The winter menu at Pilu will feature game — partridge, squab, pheasant and guinea fowl.
The menu is deeply British, such as the rabbit braised in saffron and roast squab pigeon, with mains running mostly £20-£30.
Poultry was kept in special yards, with pigeon and squab being reserved for the elite.