squab

1. 1.

   short and fat

   Synonymssquabby

   Similarshort

Other forms of squab

plural

squabs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about squab

What does squab mean?

squab means "flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in squab?

squab has 1 syllable: squab.

What is another word for squab?

Close synonyms include dove, squabby. 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 squab a common word?

squab is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.