defeather
Remove bird covering
To defeather is to remove feathers from a bird, typically after slaughter in preparation for cooking: The machine defeathers chickens at a rate of thousands per hour.
The word appears mainly in industrial poultry processing contexts.
Pluck remains the everyday term for the same action done by hand.
Removing by tugging
- scaldingExtremely hot, burning
- eviscerateRemove internal organs
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
- cleanFree of soil
process · gut · skin · carcass · shackle · stun · debone · trim
Removing by tugging
Lacking any covering
- nakedWearing no garments
- cleanFree of soil
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- pluckedPulled out forcefully
denuded · stripped · goosebumps · pimpled · pinfeathers · stubble
plucking
Removing by tugging
- scaldingExtremely hot, burning
- eviscerateRemove internal organs
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
clean · process · gut · skin · carcass · shackle · stun · debone · trim · quarter
plucking
Removing by tugging
bare
Lacking any covering
plucked · denuded · stripped · goosebumps · pimpled · pinfeathers · stubble
scald
Burn with hot liquid
brine · roast · baste · carve · stuff · glaze · giblets · marinade · seasoning · tenderizing