English > poulet: 1 sense > noun 1, food| Meaning | The flesh of a chicken used for food. |
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| Synonyms | chicken, volaille |
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| Part of | chicken, Gallus gallus | A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs |
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| Parts | breast, white meat | meat carved from the breast of a fowl |
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| chicken wing | The wing of a chicken |
| Narrower | broiler | flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling |
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| capon | flesh of a castrated male chicken |
| fryer, frier, pullet | flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying |
| hen | flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing |
| roaster | flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting |
| spatchcock | flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed) |
| Broader | poultry | flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food |
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| Spanish | gallina, gallus gallus, pollo, poulet, volaille |
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| Catalan | gallina, gall, pollastre, poulet, volaille |
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