POULTRY - 9 definitions found
poultry n 1: a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl [syn: domestic fowl, fowl, poultry] 2: flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) poultry noun Etymology: Middle English pultrie, from Anglo-French pulletrie, from pulleter poulterer, from pullet chicken — more at pullet Date: 14th century domesticated birds kept for eggs or meat Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary poultry You can refer to chickens, ducks, and other birds that are kept for their eggs and meat as poultry. N-PLURAL • Meat from these birds is also referred to as poultry. The menu features roast meats and poultry. N-UNCOUNT English Explanatory Dictionary poultry ˈpəultrɪ n. domestic fowls (ducks, geese, turkeys, chickens, etc.), esp. as a source of food. [ME f. OF pouletrie (as POULTERER)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Poultry \Poul"try\, n. [From Poult.] Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms poultry n. Domestic fowls. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 47 Moby Thesaurus words for "poultry": Bantam, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, broiler, brooder, broody hen, capon, chanticleer, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicky, cock, cockerel, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, fowl, fryer, game fowl, gander, gobbler, goose, gosling, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hen, hen turkey, partlet, poulard, poult, pullet, roaster, rooster, setting hen, spring chicken, stewing chicken, tom, tom turkey, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock |
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