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VOLAILLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The flesh of a chicken used for food

Synonyms:

chicken; poulet; volaille

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("volaille" is a kind of...):

poultry (flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food)

Meronyms (parts of "volaille"):

breast; white meat (meat carved from the breast of a fowl)

chicken wing (the wing of a chicken)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volaille"):

broiler (flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling)

capon (flesh of a castrated male chicken)

frier; fryer; pullet (flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying)

roaster (flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting)

spatchcock (flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed))

hen (flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing)

Holonyms ("volaille" is a part of...):

chicken; Gallus gallus (a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl)

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