Turkey
a country which is mainly in west Asia but partly in southeast Europe, between the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Population: 71,892,807 (2008). Capital: Ankara. Until the early 20th century, Turkey was the centre of the large Ottoman Empire, whose capital city was Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city. It became a republic in 1923, and its first president was Kemal Ataturk, who made great changes to make Turkey a more modern country. Turkey is a member of NATO and has asked to become a member of the EU.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

tur‧key /ˈtɜːki $ ˈtɜːrki/ noun
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Turkey; because the bird looked like the guinea fowl, which was brought into Europe through Turkey]

1.
[countable] a bird that looks like a large chicken and is often eaten at Christmas and at Thanksgiving

2. [uncountable] the meat from a turkey eaten as food:
roast turkey

3. [countable] American English informal an unsuccessful film or play

4. talk turkey especially American English informal to talk seriously about details, especially in business
⇒ cold turkey

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

turkey
noun
ADJ. lean, tender | Christmas | traditional the traditional turkey with all the trimmings
frozen | oven-ready | stuffed | roast, smoked | boned, minced
VERB + TURKEY breed | raise We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market.
eat, have | stuff | cook, roast | baste | carve
TURKEY + VERB gobble Turkeys make a funny gobbling sound.
TURKEY + NOUN farm | breast | dinner, lunch
 ⇒ Special page at FOOD

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

failure noun [countable] someone or something that is not successful:
The book was a complete failure.
I felt a complete failure.
flop noun [countable] informal something that is not successful because people do not like it – used especially about a film, play, product, or performance:
Despite the hype, the movie was a flop at the box office.
Their next computer was a flop.
disaster noun [countable] used when saying that something is extremely unsuccessful:
Our first date was a disaster.
Their marriage was a total disaster.
fiasco noun [countable usually singular] something that is completely unsuccessful and goes very badly wrong – used especially about things that have been officially planned, which go very wrong:
The baggage system broke down on the first day the airport was open. It was a complete fiasco.
The fiasco came close to ending de Gaulle's political career.
debacle noun [countable usually singular] formal an event or situation that is a complete failure, because it does not happen in the way that it was officially planned:
the banking debacle that has put our economy at risk
shambles noun [singular] especially British English if a situation or event is a shambles, it is completely unsuccessful because it has been very badly planned or organized, and no one seems to know what to do:
The first few shows were a shambles, but things soon got better.
washout noun [singular] informal a failure – used when something is so bad that it would be better if it had not happened:
The play wasn’t a complete washout; the acting was okay.
His most recent and ambitious project, a big-budget Hollywood film, was a washout with both critics and audiences alike.
turkey noun [countable] informal something that is so bad and unsuccessful that you think the people involved should be embarrassed about it – a very informal use:
At the time most people thought the car was a complete turkey.
Since then he has appeared in a string of turkeys.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

turkey
ˈtə:kɪ
See: talk turkey

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