Poultry

//ˈpoʊltɹi// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both). uncountable, usually

    "a poultry farmer"

  2. 2
    a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl wordnet
  3. 3
    The meat from a domestic fowl. uncountable, usually

    "the poultry counter"

  4. 4
    flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food wordnet

Synonyms

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domestic fowlbantambantybarn-door fowlbarnyard fowlbiddy

Antonyms

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dairy

Example

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"He sent me a letter to the effect that his poultry farm would go bankrupt sooner or later."

Etymology

From Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pullus (“chick”). For the development of Middle English /u/ to modern /oʊ/, /əʊ/ before /lt/, /ld/, /ln/, compare boult, boulder, colter/coulter, poultice, shoulder, won't.

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poultry wire

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