What is another word for scrags?

Pronunciation: [skɹˈaɡz] (IPA)

Scrags is a word used to describe the bony part of an animal's neck or the thin and scrawny neck of a person. Some synonyms for scrags include, but are not limited to, neckbone, throat, gullet, windpipe, esophagus, jugular, and Adam's apple. In slang, people use different words to refer to scrags. Some of these words include chicken neck, pencil neck, spaghetti neck, and toothpick neck. In the culinary world, scrags are commonly known as neck bones, and they are used to prepare broth or soup. Regardless of the context, the word scrags always refers to a thin and bony part of the neck.

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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Scrags

Sent Tim and Pat on with those scrags of Maitland's!
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
The butcher and the porkman painted up, only the leanest scrags of meat; the baker, the coarsest of meagre loaves.
"A Tale of Two Cities A Story of the French Revolution"
Charles Dickens
The scrags may be stewed in broth; or with a small quantity of water, some small onions, a few peppercorns, and a little rice, and served together.
"The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,"
Mary Eaton

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