gavage
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/ɡəˈvɑːʒ/
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/ɡəˈvɑːʒ/ · /ɡæˈvɑːʒ/
Definition of gavage
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable)A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
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noun
- (uncountable)A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
- (uncountable)A process of force-feeding cattle for veal
- (uncountable)Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach
verb
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To stuff or glut with something
“If the Panic of '08 had never happened, and the city kept gavaging itself on luxury, there would be plenty of other delis transformed into purple-colored dandy stores like this one.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French gavage, from gaver (“to stuff or cram”).
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