Collocations for chicken - noun
1. bird
ADJ.
battery, corn-fed, free-range
Battery chickens have miserable lives.
Battery chickens have miserable lives.
plump | scrawny | live
a crate of live chickens
a crate of live chickens
VERB + CHICKEN
keep | kill | pluck | truss (up)
Are we just going to sit here like trussed up chickens?
Are we just going to sit here like trussed up chickens?
CHICKEN + VERB
peck | scratch
A few scrawny chickens were scratching around the yard.
A few scrawny chickens were scratching around the yard.
cluck | roost | wander
CHICKEN + NOUN
farmer | coop, run | wire | feed
2. meat
ADJ.
fresh, frozen | juicy, succulent, tender | cold
QUANT.
piece
VERB + CHICKEN
eat, have | cook | barbecue, fry, grill, roast, etc. | stuff
CHICKEN + NOUN
breast, drumsticks, giblets, joint, leg, liver, piece, thigh, wing | casserole, curry, pie, salad, sandwich, soup, stock
PHRASES
(a) breast/leg of chicken, chicken and chips