whole bird
Intact roasting fowl
A whole bird is a complete poultry carcass sold or cooked intact rather than cut into parts.
In culinary contexts, buying a whole bird—typically chicken or turkey—is often more economical than purchasing breasts or thighs separately: I roasted a whole bird for Thanksgiving.
The term distinguishes unbutchered poultry from pre-cut pieces.
- roastDry-heat cooking method
- chickenDomestic fowl for eating
- beer can chickenBird roasted upright on beverage container
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
- poultryBirds raised for food
free range · rotisserie · low and slow · stuffed · carved · carving knife · oven · roasting pan · giblets · drumstick · dark meat · breast · white meat · trussed · golden · crispy · skin · herb butter
- poultrychicken, hen, turkey, duck, goose
- spit roastingrotisserie, spit, spit roast, rotisserie chicken, hand crank
- chicken termsbreasts, wings, wing, thighs, drumstick
- poultry processingslaughter, slaughtering, plucking, defeathering, evisceration
- meat cookingroasting, grilling, frying, braising, baking
whole birddrumsticks
Percussion striking tools
breasts · thighs · wings · quarters · chicken tenders
whole birdground chicken
Pulverized domestic fowl flesh
chicken nuggets · deli meat · chicken patties · chicken fingers · shredded chicken
whole, bird, wholly, wholeness, wholesome, wholesomeness, unwholesome, birds, birded