poultry
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++poul·try /ˈpəʊltri $ ˈpoʊl-/ ●○○ noun 1. [plural]TA birds such as chickens and ducks that are kept on farms in order to produce eggs and meat 家禽2. [uncountable]DF meat from birds such as chickens and ducks 家禽肉
Examples from the Corpus
poultry• a poultry farmer• First, the meat and poultry component and all other ingredients must have been inspected for wholesomeness.• Seated, district poultry manager; senior sales specialist; game feed manager and poultry district manager.• From left, standing, business manager; sales specialist; senior sales specialist; district poultry manager.• Frozen poultry may be cooked with or without thawing, but commercially frozen stuffed poultry should be cooked without thawing.• Have poultry once or twice a week. 5.• Tightly wrap or store in covered containers all cooked meat, poultry, and fish and shellfish and refrigerate them promptly.• Sweets, eggs or poultry, would also be considered a treat, and appear only once a week.• Animals might mature faster: a pressurised poultry house, for example, could hurry chickens to earlier adulthood.Origin poultry (1300-1400) Old French pouleterie, from polet “young chicken”poul·try nounChineseSyllable
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poultry
poul‧try /ˈpəʊltri $ ˈpoʊl-/
noun
2. [uncountable] meat from birds such as chickens and ducks
poul‧try /ˈpəʊltri $ ˈpoʊl-/
noun Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: pouleterie, from polet 'young chicken'
1. [plural] birds such as chickens and ducks that are kept on farms in order to produce eggs and meatLanguage: Old French
Origin: pouleterie, from polet 'young chicken'
2. [uncountable] meat from birds such as chickens and ducks
