cornish fowl

1. 1.

   English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters

   SynonymsCornish

   Broaderdomestic fowl

Questions about cornish fowl

What does cornish fowl mean?

cornish fowl means "English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters".

What is another word for cornish fowl?

Close synonyms include Cornish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cornish fowl a common word?

cornish fowl is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.