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    VOLAILLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The flesh of a chicken used for foodplay

    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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