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partridge
/ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/
noun 3name 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
better, gray, late
VERB + PARTRIDGE
caught, eaten, like, looks, means, meant, moves, name
PARTRIDGE + NOUN
meat, pear, season, woodcock
PREP.
about, in, on, upon
ADV.
immediately, secretly
Definitions
noun
1
Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
...and the loudest sound in the lonely fields was when, adventuring too near some late brood, the partridge sought to deceive by a plaintive cry and seeming helplessness, crossing before your very feet, till, when drawn to a sufficient distance, suddenly the air vibrated to the flutter of her active pinions.
2
The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
3
A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.
name
1
A surname.
Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny […]
2
A minor city in Reno County, Kansas, United States, named after the bird.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a popular North American game bird
- bobwhite
noun — heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resemblin
- tinamou
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.
Wiktionary02
...and the loudest sound in the lonely fields was when, adventuring too near some late brood, the partridge sought to deceive by a plaintive cry and seeming helplessness, crossing before your very fee
Wiktionary03
Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny […]
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There's no partridge in that pear tree.
Tatoeba · #581383105
Partridge meat is better than chicken meat.
Tatoeba · #733656006
The pheasant, the bustard, the deaf wild peacock, the moorhen, the partridge, the woodcock and the thrush are said to be delicacies.
Tatoeba · #7354583Usage Notes
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