poultry

[ pohl-tree ]

noun

1. domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.

poultry

/ ˈpəʊltrɪ /

noun

1. domestic fowls collectively

Other Words From

• poultry·less adjective
• poultry·like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of poultry¹

1350–1400; Middle English pulletrie < Middle French pouleterie. See pullet, -ery

Word History and Origins

Origin of poultry¹

C14: from Old French pouletrie, from pouletier poultry-dealer

Example Sentences

A California infant has died from listeria amid an outbreak linked to certain ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that have been recalled.

From Los Angeles Times

While the teen didn’t have exposure to poultry, they did with pets which could have been where transmission occurred.

From Salon

All of these infections occurred in farmworkers who came into contact with infected cows or poultry, except one case in Missouri in which health officials could not track the origins of the infection.

From Salon

A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed at a commercial poultry farm in Cornwall.

From BBC

All of the reported cases have been described as mild, and each person is believed to have contracted the illness from infected livestock or poultry.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• chicken
• duck
• fowl
• geese
• pheasant
• pigeon