noun

chicken

Translation

chicken, chicken meat, coward

We have chickens in our garden.

I would like some roast chicken.

Don't be such a chicken!

((a/the)) chicken (animal) We keep chickens in the garden.

((some)) chicken (meat) Would you like some chicken for dinner?

((a)) chicken (coward) He's too much of a chicken to ask her out.

Synonyms (animal): fowl, hen; Synonyms (coward): coward, wimp

From Old English 'cicen', meaning 'young fowl', possibly related to the sound the bird makes.

Picture a 'chicken' in a 'kitchen'. This helps remember it's both an animal and a food.