Definitions for pheasant

pheasant pheas·ant

Spelling: [fez-uh nt]
IPA: /ˈfɛz ənt/

Pheasant is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 342 anagrams from letters in pheasant (aaehnpst).

Definitions for pheasant

noun

  1. any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.
  2. any of various other birds that resemble or suggest a pheasant.
  3. Southern U.S. the ruffed grouse.

Origin of pheasant

1250-1300; Middle English fesaunt Anglo-French; Old French fesan Latin phāsiānus Greek phāsiānós (órnis) (bird) of the Phasis, river in the Caucasus

Examples for pheasant

The pheasant calls for Pommard, while songbirds and hare lend themselves to aged Bordeaux or a light Gevrey.

He knighted the monkey, the dog and the pheasant, and made them his body-guard.

The pheasant was exquisite, and I ate with an epicurean enjoyment.

I kill every pheasant I fire at; Plowden will tell you that!

I would at any time prefer a slice off the fillet of a buffalo to any pheasant.

Along with pheasant- and grouse-shooting, chicken-raising ranks high on the list.

This is an excellent way of cooking an old partridge or pheasant.

It is the first time Charles has been pictured with a gun on a pheasant shoot since December 2008.

Hemingway is shown on p. 89, pensive with rifle at a pheasant shoot in Idaho.

Wood pigeon, pheasant, partridge, grouse, peacocks, hares, wild rabbits, and waterfowl are all dietary staples.

Word Value for pheasant
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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