broiler
broiler
Definition
broiler (bro̵i′lər)
noun
- ☆ a pan, grill, etc. for broiling
- the part of a stove designed for broiling
- a young chicken suitable for broiling
broiler
Synonyms
broiler
n.
broiler
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- rear: The low level of activity shown by broilers reared under dim lighting is likely to predispose them to leg disorders.
- produce: They each breed 3000 broilers per year, so the cooperative produces 30000 broilers each year.
- place: The population of interest is the total number of broilers placed on farms in Great Britain.
- vaccinate: In IBD vaccinated broiler flocks, the effect of conventional IBD virus on carcase condemnation rate can be assumed to be neglible.
- breed: They each breed 3000 broilers per year, so the cooperative produces 30000 broilers each year.
Adjective modifier
- commercial: Two companies -- Ross Breeders and Cobb -- supply 80 per cent of the breeding stock for commercial broilers around the world.
- British: Campaigners estimate that 100,000 chickens die in British broiler sheds every single day, unable even to live to the age of six weeks.
- most: Lighting in broiler sheds Most broilers are reared indoors without windows under dim artificial light.
- preheated: Broil under a preheated broiler 4 to 5 inches ( about 10 to 12.5cm ) from heat.
- intensive: In the buildings, they have plenty of space to move around ( several times the space of an intensive broiler ).
- Many: Many broilers can no longer support their own body weight and most suffer from leg disorders.
Modifies a noun
- breeder: We found no evidence of serious heat stress during our visits to broiler breeder houses.
- chicken: The birds are crowded together like broiler chickens, on a litter floor.
- chick: The vaccine is recommended for use in turkey poults or broiler chicks from day old.
- flock: Assume one sample per broiler flock at a cost of £ 8 per sample ( flock ).
- shed: Poultry Litter Poultry litter is the bedding material collected from broiler sheds.
- welfare: In our 1992 report, we highlighted a number of areas of concern related to broiler welfare.
Noun used with modifier
- chicken: In Lincolnshire, the proposed construction of a 480,000 chicken broiler unit could result in high levels of ammonia emissions.
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