stewer

English

Etymology

From stew +‎ -er.

Noun

stewer (plural stewers)

1. A bird (especially, a chicken) suitable for cooking by stewing.

   Coordinate terms: broiler, fryer, layer, roaster

   • 1972, Cline Jefferson Warren, The Netherlands Poultry Meat Industry, page 4:

     In the 1960's culling hens and cockerels accounted for the main share of all live poultry exports. In more recent years, exports of live stewers, ducks, and geese have trended downward while foreign trade of live broilers and turkeys has greatly increased.

2. Someone who stews food.
3. (Southern US, colloquial) A lidded pot with a handle, suitable for stewing.

   Coordinate terms: saucepan, roasting pan, Dutch oven; cauldron; kettle

See also

• souper
• stew in one's juices

Anagrams

• Ewerts, Wester, rewets, tweers, wester