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stockbreeding

American  
[stok-bree-ding] / ˈstɒkˌbri dɪŋ /

noun

  1. the breeding breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.


Other Word Forms

  • stockbreeder noun

Etymology

Origin of stockbreeding

First recorded in 1935–40; stock + breeding

Example Sentences

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The main activities of reserve’s 60,000 inhabitants include organic agriculture, stockbreeding and eco-tourism.

From National Geographic

“My mind is lit up with other things now; I’m looking into agriculture and stockbreeding,” he told the interviewer.

From The New Yorker

Key causes of Amazon deforestation are illegal trafficking in timber and minerals, fires and the spread of agriculture and stockbreeding.

From BBC

Stockbreeding was very much easier and according to their ideas required no particular exertion on their part.

From Project Gutenberg

The preference of the earlier Spanish settlers for stockbreeding also limited the agricultural area.

From Project Gutenberg