Synonyms for craw

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kraw

Phonetic Transcription : krɔ

Définition of craw

Origin : Old English *cræg "throat," a Germanic word (e.g. Middle Dutch craghe "neck, throat," Old High German chrago, German Kragen "collar, neck"), of obscure origin.

noun gizzard

Example sentences :

The seed came from the craw of a wild swan that they had shot.
Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various

Something stuck in his craw, and he couldn't figure out what it was.
Extract from : « The Bramble Bush » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Colonel Craw sent me a letter to this effect, which I treated as it deserved.
Extract from : « The Fatal Boots » by William Makepeace Thackeray

"He ain't got the sand in his craw to make a killing," said one of the listeners.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

"Just the same, he's got something in his craw," replied the sheriff.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

Fill the craw of the fowl, &c.; but do not cram it so as to disfigure its shape.
Extract from : « The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual » by William Kitchiner

It was pumping up the food from its craw, in the same way that a pigeon does.
Extract from : « In a Cheshire Garden » by Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton

His boots will be tight; his bag as heavy as his spirits; his head as empty as his craw.
Extract from : « Of Walks and Walking Tours » by Arnold Haultain

He's a little off his cabazza, and them green whiskers stuck in his craw.
Extract from : « The Long Dim Trail » by Forrestine C. Hooker

Let him have it brought in, killed, and the craw taken out and cut open.
Extract from : « Cottage Economy » by William Cobbett

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