Thesaurus results for SQUAB

squab

noun

ˈskwäb

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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Recent Examples of squab The cookbook included meats from chicken and turkey to venison, rabbit and squab, while some families served possum, tongue or wild duck. —

Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025 Diners don’t receive a menu until the end of service, but servers explain each course in detail, often while pouring on finishing sauces, spooning caviar or sharing a sneak peek of future dishes, like the full squab in a roasting pan before it’s cut and plated. —

Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025 Other poultry dishes may include squab cooked in a wood-fire oven or on a grill. —

Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 July 2025 This winter's menu features squab with wild rice, cranberry, beet, rosemary, goat cheese and red meadow sorrel. —

Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for squab

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Instead, her then-boyfriend walked into her mother's living room and found a piece of his childhood waiting on the couch.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Starlink is a communications network already in orbit, with some of its most strategically important customers in defense, maritime and aviation, not only on living-room couches.

— Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026