as in couch
a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters
at one point Robinson Crusoe tells of making a rough-hewn squab with the skins of animals he had killed
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In between, waiters brought out dishes including salmon, duckling and squab.
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James Barron, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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.
—Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 28 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
Dishes will be lighter and more forward-looking than those previously served, Michael told the San Francisco Chronicle, and might include spiny lobsters, squab grown for Quince in Sonoma, and porcini mushrooms that the staff has been preserving.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2023
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James Barron, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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.
—Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 28 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
Dishes will be lighter and more forward-looking than those previously served, Michael told the San Francisco Chronicle, and might include spiny lobsters, squab grown for Quince in Sonoma, and porcini mushrooms that the staff has been preserving.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squab
Noun
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There’s another that burrows inside your bed, couch and curtains.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Sep. 2025
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This four-in-one combination loveseat acts as both a comfy couch and extra bed.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In one image, the two-time AD cover star and AD100 honoree is posed on the Italian linen blend Kanan sofa from the collection.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
25 Sep. 2025
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In a sweet Instagram post around the holidays in 2019, country star Thomas Rhett and his wife, Lauren Akins, snuggled up with two of their children on the sofa with a cup of hot chocolate.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Squab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squab. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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