Squab

[skwɒb] or [skwɑb]

Definition

(noun.) an unfledged pigeon.

(noun.) a soft padded sofa.

(noun.) flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled.

(adj.) short and fat .

Typed by Erica--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

(a.) Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.

(n.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.

(n.) A person of a short, fat figure.

(n.) A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.

(adv.) With a heavy fall; plump.

(v. i.) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.

Checker: Shelia

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Fat, plump, stout, portly, dumpy, squabbish, squabby.[2]. Unfledged, unfeathered.

n. Young pigeon.

Typist: Lucas

Definition

adj. fat clumsy: curt abrupt: unfledged newly hatched: shy coy.—n. a young pigeon the young of other animals before the hair or feathers are grown: a short stumpy person: a thickly-stuffed cushion a sofa padded throughout an ottoman.—v.t. to stuff thickly and sew through the stitches being concealed by buttons &c.—v.i. to fall heavily.—adv. flat: heavily as a fall.—adjs. Squab′bish thick heavy; Squab′by squat.—ns. Squab′-chick a fledgling; Squab′-pie a pie made of strips of mutton onions and slices of apple.

Edited by ELLA