goose
- noun
- B2
- Top 5000
A large water bird with a long neck, webbed feet and a hard flat beak, often kept for its eggs, meat and soft feathers.
A flock of wild geese flew over the valley in a V shape.
The goose hissed loudly and stretched its long neck towards me.
Our pillows are still filled with soft feathers from geese.
Geese fly south in autumn and come back in early spring.
Common collocations: a flock of geese · wild goose · roast goose · goose feathers · goose egg
Part of: Animals
Forms
- plural
- geese