Beginner ๐Ÿ“š Vocabulary ยท #557 of 1319

chicken (n.)

a bird eaten as meat

Examples

  • Roast chicken.

Key rules

  • Chicken is a bird eaten as meat
  • Uncountable as food: some chicken
  • Countable for the bird: a chicken

Use cases

  • Cooking dinner
  • Restaurant menus
  • Farm animals
๐Ÿ’ก Tip: Poultry is the general word for birds raised for meat.

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