poultry

[pohl-tree]

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noun

domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.

Origin of poultry

1350–1400; Middle English pulletrie < Middle French pouleterie. See pullet, -ery

Related formspoul·try·less, adjectivepoul·try·like, adjective

Can be confusedpaltry poultry

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Related Words for poultry

chicken, duck, fowl, geese, pigeon, pheasant, turkey, pullets, grouse, quail, rooster, goose, partridge, hen

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Contemporary Examples of poultry

Same for driveway pavers and meat and poultry plant workers.
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Include foods like soybeans, low-fat dairy, fish, meat and poultry, suggests Zied.
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Most of the infections were found in people with direct exposure to poultry.
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Both Russia and the United States also agreed to new standards and health protocols for the U.S. export of poultry, pork and beef.
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Eli Lake
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Historical Examples of poultry

The woman ancestor kitchen-gardened, spun, wove, and nourished the poultry.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
(a) How does the composition of poultry compare with that of meat?
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
The composition of poultry is very similar to that of meats.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
What effect do the feeding and care of poultry have upon it as food?
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Would it please you to give us some poultry to feed them with?
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Charlotte Mary Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for poultry

poultry

noun

domestic fowls collectively

Word Origin for poultry

C14: from Old French pouletrie, from pouletier poultry-dealer

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Word Origin and History for poultry

"domestic fowls," late 14c. (mid-14c. as "place where poultry is sold"), from Old French pouletrie "domestic fowl" (late 13c.), from pouletier "dealer in domestic fowl," from poulet "young fowl" (see pullet).