English Dictionary

squab

/ˈskwɒb/

noun

(sometimes attributive) A baby pigeon, dove, or chicken. / The meat of such a baby bird used as food. / A baby rook. / A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.

I saw a squab sitting on the rooftop.

意味（1）

(sometimes attributive) A baby pigeon, dove, or chicken.

意味（2）

The meat of such a baby bird used as food.

意味（3）

A baby rook.

意味（4）

A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.

On her large ſquab you find her ſpread, / Like a fat corpſe upon a bed, / That lies and ſtinks in ſtate.

意味（5）

A person of a short, fat figure.

Gorgonius sits abdominous and wan, / Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan: