stock farm

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noun

a farm devoted to breeding livestock.

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Origin of stock farm

First recorded in 1800–10

OTHER WORDS FROM stock farm

stock farmer, nounstock farming, noun

Words nearby stock farm

stock company, stock dividend, stock dove, stocker, stock exchange, stock farm, stockfish, stock footage, stock guard, Stockhausen, stockholder

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How to use stock farm in a sentence

Meanwhile Darry had explained his idea to the others, and they were all eager to view the surroundings of the Gandy stock farm.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
Darry and the others had entered the grounds 190 surrounding the stock farm buildings and they were gone some time.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
It is a big stock farm and its not many miles from Darrowtown where II used to live once.
Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm|Alice B. Emerson
She was standing at the paddock fence of her grandfather's stock-farm in Kentucky.
Destiny|Charles Neville Buck

We hope the pedigree of the perfect gentleman is included as well as that of the stock farm.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 26, 1917|Various

British Dictionary definitions for stock farm

stock farm

noun

a farm on which livestock is bred

Derived forms of stock farm

stock farmer, nounstock farming, noun

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