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poultry.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɒltɹi/UK/ˈpəʊltɹi/UK/ˈpoʊltɹi/Canada, US/ˈpɔltɹi/Australia
  1. Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).

    uncountable · usually
    a poultry farmer
  2. The meat from a domestic fowl.

    uncountable · usually
    the poultry counter
Where this word comes from

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.

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