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squab
noun
1 squab
Flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled.
synonym: dove.
Roget 215:
support,
ground,
foundation,
base,
basis;
terra firma;
bearing,
fulcrum,
bait [U.S.],
caudex crib†;
point d'appui [Fr.],
pou sto [Gr.],
purchase footing,
hold,
locus standi [Lat.];
landing place,
landing stage;
stage,
platform;
block;
rest,
resting place;
groundwork,
substratum,
riprap,
sustentation,
subvention;
floor
etc.
(basement)
211.
supporter;
aid
etc.
707;
prop,
stand,
anvil,
fulciment†;
cue rest,
jigger;
monkey;
stay,
shore,
skid,
rib,
truss,
bandage;
sleeper;
stirrup,
stilts,
shoe,
sole,
heel,
splint,
lap,
bar,
rod,
boom,
sprit†,
outrigger;
ratlings†.
staff,
stick,
crutch,
alpenstock,
baton,
staddle†;
bourdon†,
cowlstaff†,
lathi†,
mahlstick†.
post,
pillar,
shaft,
thill†,
column,
pilaster;
pediment,
pedicle;
pedestal;
plinth,
shank,
leg,
socle†,
zocle†;
buttress,
jamb,
mullion,
abutment;
baluster,
banister,
stanchion;
balustrade;
headstone;
upright;
door post,
jamb,
door jamb.
frame,
framework;
scaffold,
skeleton,
beam,
rafter,
girder,
lintel,
joist,
travis†,
trave†,
corner stone,
summer,
transom;
rung,
round,
step,
sill;
angle rafter,
hip rafter;
cantilever,
modillion†;
crown post,
king post;
vertebra.
columella†,
backbone;
keystone;
axle,
axletree;
axis;
arch,
mainstay.
trunnion,
pivot,
rowlock†;
peg
etc.
(pendency)
214†;
tiebeam
etc.
(fastening)
45;
thole pin†.
board,
ledge,
shelf,
hob,
bracket,
trevet†,
trivet,
arbor,
rack;
mantel,
mantle piece [Fr.],
mantleshelf†;
slab,
console;
counter,
dresser;
flange,
corbel;
table,
trestle;
shoulder;
perch;
horse;
easel,
desk;
clotheshorse,
hatrack;
retable;
teapoy†.
seat,
throne,
dais;
divan,
musnud†;
chair,
bench,
form,
stool,
sofa,
settee,
stall;
arm chair,
easy chair,
elbow chair,
rocking chair;
couch,
fauteuil [Fr.],
woolsack†,
ottoman,
settle,
squab,
bench;
aparejo†,
faldstool†,
horn;
long chair,
long sleeve chair,
morris chair;
lamba chauki†,
lamba kursi†;
saddle,
pannel†,
pillion;
side saddle,
pack saddle;
pommel.
bed,
berth,
pallet,
tester,
crib,
cot,
hammock,
shakedown,
trucklebed†,
cradle,
litter,
stretcher,
bedstead;
four poster,
French bed,
bunk,
kip,
palang†;
bedding,
bichhona,
mattress,
paillasse†;
pillow,
bolster;
mat,
rug,
cushion.
footstool,
hassock;
tabouret†;
tripod,
monopod.
Atlas,
Persides,
Atlantes†,
Caryatides,
Hercules.
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2 squab
3 squab
adjective
1 squab
Short and fat.
synonym: squabby.
Roget 192:
large,
big;
great
etc.
(in quantity)
31;
considerable,
bulky,
voluminous,
ample,
massive,
massy;
capacious,
comprehensive;
spacious
etc.
180;
mighty,
towering,
fine,
magnificent.
corpulent,
stout,
fat,
obese,
plump,
squab,
full,
lusty,
strapping,
bouncing;
portly,
burly,
well-fed,
full-grown;
corn fed,
gram fed;
stalwart,
brawny,
fleshy;
goodly;
in good case,
in good condition;
in condition;
chopping,
jolly;
chub faced,
chubby faced.
lubberly,
hulky,
unwieldy,
lumpish,
gaunt,
spanking,
whacking,
whopping,
walloping,
thumping,
thundering,
hulking;
overgrown;
puffy
etc.
(swollen)
194.
huge,
immense,
enormous,
mighty;
vast,
vasty;
amplitudinous,
stupendous;
monster,
monstrous,
humongous,
monumental;
elephantine,
jumbo,
mammoth;
gigantic,
gigantean,
giant,
giant like,
titanic;
prodigious,
colossal,
Cyclopean,
Brobdingnagian,
Bunyanesque,
Herculean,
Gargantuan;
infinite
etc.
105.
large as life;
plump as a dumpling,
plump as a partridge;
fat as a pig,
fat as a quail,
fat as butter,
fat as brawn,
fat as bacon.
immeasurable,
unfathomable,
unplumbed;
inconceivable,
unimaginable,
unheard-of.
of cosmic proportions;
of epic proportions,
the mother of all,
teh granddaddy of all.
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Roget 201:
short,
brief,
curt;
compendious,
compact;
stubby,
scrimp;
shorn,
stubbed;
stumpy,
thickset,
pug;
chunky [U.S.],
decurtate†;
retrousse†;
stocky;
squab,
squabby†;
squat,
dumpy;
little
etc.
193;
curtailed of its fair proportions;
short by;
oblate;
concise
etc.
572;
summary.
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Roget 202:
broad,
wide,
ample,
extended;
discous†;
fanlike;
outspread,
outstretched;
wide as a church-door"
[Romeo and Juliet];
latifoliate†,
latifolous†.
thick,
dumpy,
squab,
squat,
thickset;
thick as a rope.
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