fowl

fowl is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• enPR: foul
• IPA: /faʊl/
• SAMPA: /faUl/
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Homophones

• foul

Noun

Singular fowl

Plural fowls

A fowl

1. A fowl is a bird: an animal with feathers that can fly, especially a kind that people eat.

   This farmer keeps sheep and two kinds of fowl: chickens and ducks.