cowflesh
cowflesh noun: the meat or flesh of a cow; beef.
Noun
cowflesh (uncountable)
- The meat or flesh of a cow; beef.
- A monstrous fine bit of cowflesh! I'll be sworn she has rendezvoused you. What, you dog? Have you a way with them?1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 386
- At first Maud, so afraid for her husband and baby, was unable to eat, but within a few days she tore into burnt cowflesh like any soldadera.2005, James Andrew Crutchfield, Paul Andrew Hutton, The way west: true stories of the American frontier
cowflesh meaning in Bengali
cowflesh in Bengali
- একটি গরুর মাংস, গরুর মাংস
Forms of cowflesh
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Origin of cowflesh
From Middle English cowe flesh (also kowes flesche), equivalent to cow + flesh. Compare German Kuhfleisch (“cow meat”), West Frisian kowefleis, Dutch koeievlees, koeienvlees.
Questions about cowflesh
- What does cowflesh mean?
- Cowflesh means the meat or flesh of a cow; beef.
- What is cowflesh in Bengali?
- Cowflesh in Bengali is একটি গরুর মাংস, গরুর মাংস. See Cowflesh meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is cowflesh?
- Cowflesh is a noun.
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