plural squabs
1
a
: couch
b
: a cushion for a chair or couch
2
or plural squab
: a fledgling bird
specifically
: a fledgling pigeon about four weeks old
3
: a short fat person
squab
adjective
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Examples of squab in a Sentence
at one point Robinson Crusoe tells of making a rough-hewn squab with the skins of animals he had killed
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The squabs are fed an exclusive diet of crop milk for the first week or two of their life, and then gradually the parents mix in adult food.
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Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 28 Feb. 2024
The boldness of that squab represented tasting-menu cuisine at its best.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Less wonderful: the very, very rare squab breast sealed with a lobe of foie gras inside a pastry crust.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
According to the team, Four Kings is intended to function as an izakaya-like restaurant—an informal space designed for sharing drinks and no-fuss bites—for Cantonese food, with dishes like fried squab, pork chop rice, escargot with XO butter, and mapo spaghetti.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 17 Jan. 2024
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Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 28 Feb. 2024
The boldness of that squab represented tasting-menu cuisine at its best.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Less wonderful: the very, very rare squab breast sealed with a lobe of foie gras inside a pastry crust.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
According to the team, Four Kings is intended to function as an izakaya-like restaurant—an informal space designed for sharing drinks and no-fuss bites—for Cantonese food, with dishes like fried squab, pork chop rice, escargot with XO butter, and mapo spaghetti.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 17 Jan. 2024
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“Squab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squab. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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squab
noun
plural squabs or squab
: a young bird
especially
: a young pigeon about four weeks old and ready for use as food
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