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squab
[ skwob ]
noun
- a nestling pigeon, especially a domesticated one raised to an age of about 30 days for its flesh.
- Cooking. the flesh of the squab, used as food:
Our squab was served with a butter and raisin sauce.
- a short, stout person.
- a thickly stuffed, soft cushion.
adjective
- short and thick or broad.
- (of a bird) unfledged or newly hatched.
squab
/ ɒ /
noun
- a young unfledged bird, esp a pigeon
- a short fat person
- a well-stuffed bolster or cushion
- a sofa
adjective
- (of birds) recently hatched and still unfledged
- short and fat
Derived Forms
- ˈܲ, adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of squab1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of squab1
Example Sentences
There were oysters, salmon with Hollandaise sauce, beef, squab, duck, roast chicken, green peas, parsnip purée and Victoria pudding.
Why is “squab” a delicious entree but a “pigeon” a rodent-like nuisance?
What sounds like a gimmick turns out to be luscious, and a first course of either chawanmushi or roast squab underscores a kitchen steeped in the classics.
Others, including squab glazed with Guinness and cocoa, channel a grand French restaurant.
The leaf skin tastes meaty from a simmer in a bone stock of rabbit, chicken and squab with hints of allium and black truffle.
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