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poultry Definition

poul·try (pōltrē)

noun

domestic fowls raised for meat or eggs; chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, etc. collectively

Etymology: ME pultrie < MFr pouleterie < poulet, dim. of poule, hen < L pullus, chicken, small animal < IE base *pōu-, *pu-, small child, small animal > foal, few, L puer, child

poultry Synonyms

poultry

n.

fowl, domesticated birds, pullets, barnyard fowls; see chicken 1, fowl, turkey.

poultry Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • infect: Influenza A(H5N1 ) viruses normally circulate among wild birds but can infect poultry and rarely have infected people in the past.
  • cook: Would the virus be killed by cooking poultry properly?
  • eat: Can the virus be passed on through eating poultry or eggs?
  • rear: They not only grew food, but also reared poultry, pigs, goats and even donkeys.
  • affect: The disease particularly affects poultry, which includes chicken, duck, goose, turkey and guinea fowl.
  • kill: My real concern is the blessed government over-reacting and running round killing domestic poultry when the disease is spread by wild birds.

Adjective modifier

  • free-range: Also, free-range poultry keeping will become a ' thing of the past ' .
  • undercooked: Do not eat uncooked or undercooked poultry or poultry products including food with uncooked poultry blood.
  • infected: Almost all are thought to have caught the disease directly from infected poultry.
  • diseased: To date, all evidence indicates that patients have acquired their infections following close contact with diseased poultry.
  • frozen: Always follow the cooking instructions on ready stuffed fresh and frozen poultry.
  • domestic: The worry was that wild birds - such as the swan - could spread the virus to domestic poultry flocks.

Modifies a noun

  • keeper: With these partners we have issued leaflets and posters to poultry keepers on how they can protect their flocks.
  • manure: A few shovels of manure, straw and poultry manure pellets thrown over the top will create extra warmth to speed up the process.
  • meat: We are not aware of people handling poultry meat getting infected.
  • slaughterhouse: Post mortem condemnation returns from poultry slaughterhouses in England and Wales.
  • farming: Would we be facing a summer empty of birdsong after a cull of wild birds to protect poultry farming?
  • breeder: But still at a price and simplicity to be attractive to the domestic poultry breeder, too.

Noun used with modifier

  • backyard: There are between 25 and 40 million village backyard poultry farmers in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Thailand and Viet Nam.
  • range: There is a menagerie of free range poultry on the farm and anyone wishing to help collect the eggs would be most welcome!
poultry Quotes

What's a thousand dollars? Mere chicken feed. A poultry matter.

—Marx, Groucho originally Julius Henry Marx

An election is coming.Universal peace is declared, and thefoxeshavea sincere interest inprolonging thelives of the poultry.

—Eliot, George pseudonym of  MaryAnn Evans

I hate pudgy poultry.

—Perdue, Franklin P

Browse dictionary entries near poultry

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  2. poulterer
  3. poult
  4. Poulsen, Kevin
  5. Poulenc
  6. poule
  7. poulard
  8. Pouilly-Fumé
  9. Pouilly Fuissé
  10. pouf
  1. poultryman
  2. pounce
  3. pouncet box
  4. pound
  5. pound-foolish
  6. pound net
  7. pound sign
  8. poundage
  9. poundal
  10. poundcake