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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squab
Noun
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The doorbell rang, and two more girls arrived, piling onto the couch.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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But sports fans are missing out by refusing to adopt a rooting interest during those postseasons when the home team’s players are sitting on the couch eating Cheetos and watching on TV just like us.—
Greg Cote
May 4,
Miami Herald,
4 May 2026
Noun
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According to Schaffer, in a family room or living room for instance, the sofa legs, chair legs, side tables, coffee tables, everything should be sitting on that rug otherwise everything can look off.—
Sandra Guzman,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Sakeena shouted from the sofa, still filled with fire after refusing the lactulose.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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“Squab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squab. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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