poultry
domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
Origin of poultry
1Other words from poultry
- poul·try·less, adjective
- poul·try·like, adjective
Words that may be confused with poultry
- paltry, poultry
Words Nearby poultry
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How to use poultry in a sentence
The school system is the region’s largest employer, followed by a local poultry plant and Walmart.
Two School Districts Had Different Mask Policies. Only One Had a Teacher on a Ventilator. | by Annie Waldman and Heather Vogell | November 23, 2020 | ProPublicaLast year, the two launched a company called Cooks Venture with no lesser ambition than to fix our nation’s poultry problem.
These chickens earned a healthier label from the USDA | By Monica Michael Willis/Saveur | November 18, 2020 | Popular-ScienceI’m a vegetarian married to a poultry lover, and we typically host a table of guests with similarly different dietary habits.
This vegetarian Thanksgiving is a one-pan feast: Stuffed squash with broccolini and carrots | Joe Yonan | November 10, 2020 | Washington PostThe day after the executive order was announced, the National Chicken Council wrote to the USDA with complaints that the county Health Department in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was requiring testing of all employees at poultry plants in the area.
Emails Show the Meatpacking Industry Drafted an Executive Order to Keep Plants Open | by Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung | September 14, 2020 | ProPublicaMessonnier also said she could see vaccines being available at poultry plants to help reach essential workers.
Covid-19 vaccines could be distributed through churches, beauty salons, and poultry farms | Olivia Goldhill | September 11, 2020 | Quartz
Same for driveway pavers and meat and poultry plant workers.
However, apart from the poultry, which is of the lowest FDA grade, soy protein plays a role in everything served.
Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison | Daniel Genis | June 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI am sure that no one in a Gulag or Kanz-lager would have turned their nose up at some fresh poultry.
Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison | Daniel Genis | June 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInclude foods like soybeans, low-fat dairy, fish, meat and poultry, suggests Zied.
Most of the infections were found in people with direct exposure to poultry.
A Scarier Bird Flu: CDC Chief Warns of Looming H7N9 Threat | Eliza Shapiro | September 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA part of the square is walled off and employed as a market for fish, fruit, vegetables, and poultry.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferHis poultry, equally with his horses, could have testified to the judicious attention which he bestowed upon them.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Even old Mrs. Stott had to kill her own poultry for the market though she'd strap him well for refusing.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondSalads, and fish of various kinds, were dressed in a peculiar manner; poultry and other things in the French fashion.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamThey also know how to blow out and dress stale poultry, so as to make it look quite fresh and plump.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
British Dictionary definitions for poultry
/ (ˈpəʊltrɪ) /
domestic fowls collectively
Origin of poultry
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