stockbreeding

[ stok-bree-ding ]

/ ˈstɒkˌbri dɪŋ /

noun

the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.

Nearby words

stock-route, stock-still, stockade, stockade fence, stockbreeder, stockbreeding, stockbroker, stockbroker belt, stocker, stockfish, stockhausen

Origin of stockbreeding

First recorded in 1935–40; stock + breeding

Related forms

stock·breed·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for stockbreeder

No stockbreeder in his senses ever thinks of breeding from a youthful, immature sire.
Our Vanishing Wild Life|William T. Hornaday

British Dictionary definitions for stockbreeder

stockbreeder

/ (ˈstɒkˌbriːdə) /

noun

a person who breeds or rears livestock as an occupation

Derived Forms

stockbreeding, noun

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