Quab vs. Squab — What's the Difference?

An unfledged bird.

In culinary terminology, squab is a baby domestic pigeon, typically under four weeks old, or its meat. The meat is widely described as tasting like dark chicken.

(by extension) Something immature or unfinished.

A young, newly hatched, or unfledged pigeon.

An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished.

A soft, thick cushion, as for a couch.

A couch.

Young and undeveloped; newly hatched or unfledged

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.

A person of a short, fat figure.

(obsolete) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.

(transitive) To furnish with squabs, or cushions.

(transitive) To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc.

Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

Unfledged; unfeathered.

Clumsy.

Curt; abrupt.

Shy; coy.

(slang) With a heavy fall; plump.

Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.

A nestling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.

A person of a short, fat figure.

A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.

With a heavy fall; plump.

To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.

Flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled

A soft padded sofa

An unfledged pigeon

Short and fat