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chicken

/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/

An illustration for chicken

noun1 of 2

a large bird that is raised on farms for its eggs and meat

  • “I do not like red meat, but I love chicken.”Tatoeba
  • “After a short trial, she sentenced the chicken to death.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

adjective2 of 2

Cowardly.

Synonyms

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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