gizzard

«gizzard» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong muscular part of a bird's stomach that grinds up… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a gizzard, gizzards)

meaning for a pupil

1) A gizzard is a strong muscular part of a bird's stomach that grinds up food, often with small stones the bird has swallowed. tree →

2) (informal, humorous) Gizzard can mean a person's stomach or throat: «It sticks in my gizzard» means it annoys me. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons birds have gizzards instead of teeth to grind food. In cooking, chicken gizzards are eaten in some places. Phrases: «stick in your gizzard».

examples

• Birds have no teeth, so the gizzard grinds their food. tree →
• Chickens swallow small stones to help their gizzard. tree →
• Some people fry chicken gizzards. tree →
• The worm ended up in the robin's gizzard. tree →
• That unfair rule really sticks in my gizzard. tree →
• Earthworms have a gizzard too. tree →
• Make yourself quite small, get into my throat—go into my gizzard and I will carry you.’ tree →

note

Countable. Not a lizard! Birds and some other animals (earthworms, crocodiles) have gizzards.

In the corpora

• Ostriches swallow pebbles, which collect in the gizzard and grind tough food, because birds have no teeth.
• Birds have no teeth; a muscly part of the stomach called the gizzard grinds their food, often with swallowed grit.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gizzard» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.