Meaning & use
chicken feather
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Meanings
nouncountable
One of the light soft parts that cover a chicken's body, or the material made from them.
Grammar: Countable when you mean a single feather; use the plural for several: chicken feathers.
Patterns
- a chicken feather
- chicken feathers
- made of chicken feathers
My little cousin found a chicken feather in the yard and kept it.
The old pillow was stuffed with chicken feathers and felt lumpy.
Farm workers collect chicken feathers after plucking the birds.
nouncountable
A feather from a chicken used in crafts, fishing flies, or decoration.
Grammar: Often in the plural when talking about craft supplies: chicken feathers.
Patterns
- use chicken feathers for something
- a bunch of chicken feathers
She tied chicken feathers onto the hat to give it a country look.
Anglers sometimes use chicken feathers to make simple flies.
The craft box had glitter, beads, and a bag of chicken feathers.
Word forms
| plural | chicken feathers |
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Common combinations
- a chicken feather
- A single chicken feather floated down from the coop.
- chicken feathers
- The wind blew chicken feathers across the road.
- made of chicken feathers
- The costume wings were made of chicken feathers.
- stuffed with chicken feathers
- The cushion was stuffed with chicken feathers.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
Commonly confused: chicken feather or chicken?
chicken feather vs chicken
Chicken is the bird or its meat; chicken feather is only the feather.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'chicken feather' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Chicken feathers are the soft covering of a chicken and can be used as stuffing, so 'filled with chicken feathers' fits. 'Chicken feather' is not food, and it is not a metal material.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “chicken feather”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.