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Squab

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Noun

1. dove, squab

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

2. squab

a soft padded sofa

3. squab

an unfledged pigeon

Adjective

4. squab, squabby

short and fat

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Squab

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nounWord forms: plural squabs or squab
1. 
a young unfledged bird, esp a pigeon
2. 
a short fat person
3. 
a. 
a well-stuffed bolster or cushion
b. 
a sofa
adjective
4. 
(of a bird) recently hatched and still unfledged
5. 
short and fat

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Squab

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adjective
4. 
newly hatched or not fully fledged
5. 
short and stout
noun
1. 
a nestling pigeon, still unfledged
2. 
a short, stout person
3.  Chiefly British
a. 
a thick cushion
b. 
a sofa or couch

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Squab

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n.
1. A young, newly hatched, or unfledged pigeon.
2.
a. A soft, thick cushion, as for a couch.
b. A couch.
adj.
Young and undeveloped; newly hatched or unfledged: a squab chick.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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