Squab vs. Sofa — What's the Difference?

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.

A long upholstered seat typically with a back and arms.

A young, newly hatched, or unfledged pigeon.

A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.

A soft, thick cushion, as for a couch.

An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.

A couch.

To furnish with one or more sofas.

Young and undeveloped; newly hatched or unfledged

To seat or lay down on a sofa.

A baby pigeon, dove, or chicken.

A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; - much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.

The meat of such a baby bird used as food.

An upholstered seat for more than one person

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