duck press
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A machine used to extract the blood and bone marrow from a duck for use in pressed duck.
Example Sentences
- "Cut off the breast carefully from four snipe, put the frames in a duck press with a clove of garlic, two cloves, three whole pepper corns and a sprig of parsley, turn the screw and obtain all the juice possible."
- "As the bird's wings and legs, coated in mustard and bread crumbs, were whisked off to the kitchen for roasting, Dorin placed the bird's carcass into the duck press and added a gurgle of deep red Burgundy."