TOP

Definition of gizzard noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gizzard

noun
 
/ˈɡɪzəd/
 
/ˈɡɪzərd/
jump to other results
  1. the part of a bird’s stomach in which food is broken up into smaller pieces before being digestedTopics Birdsc2
    Word Originlate Middle English giser: from Old French, based on Latin gigeria ‘cooked entrails of fowl’. The final -d was added in the 16th cent.
See gizzard in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Check pronunciation: gizzard

Nearby words

sufficiently
adverb
 
 
From the Word list
OPAL written words
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day