poultry

CEFRB1

/ˈpɒltɹi/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Birds such as chickens and turkeys kept for food or eggs.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The meat from a domestic fowl.

Examples

  • I do not eat meat, fish, shellfish, poultry or broth.

  • He keeps a small poultry yard.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpoʊltɹi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).

More examples

In context

  • a poultry farmer

  • the poultry counter

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The farmer raised blank, such as chickens and turkeys, to produce eggs and meat for the market.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pullus (“chick”). By surface analysis, poult + -ry. For the development of Middle English /u/ to modern /oʊ/, /əʊ/ before /lt/, /ld/, /ln/, compare boult, boulder, colter/coulter, poultice, shoulder, won't.