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

The school system is the region’s largest employer, followed by a local poultry plant and Walmart.

From ProPublica

Last year, the two launched a company called Cooks Venture with no lesser ambition than to fix our nation’s poultry problem.

From Popular-Science

I’m a vegetarian married to a poultry lover, and we typically host a table of guests with similarly different dietary habits.

From Washington Post

The day after the executive order was announced, the National Chicken Council wrote to the USDA with complaints that the county Health Department in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was requiring testing of all employees at poultry plants in the area.

From ProPublica

Messonnier also said she could see vaccines being available at poultry plants to help reach essential workers.

From Quartz

Same for driveway pavers and meat and poultry plant workers.

From The Daily Beast

However, apart from the poultry, which is of the lowest FDA grade, soy protein plays a role in everything served.

From The Daily Beast

I am sure that no one in a Gulag or Kanz-lager would have turned their nose up at some fresh poultry.

From The Daily Beast

Include foods like soybeans, low-fat dairy, fish, meat and poultry, suggests Zied.

From The Daily Beast

Most of the infections were found in people with direct exposure to poultry.

From The Daily Beast

A part of the square is walled off and employed as a market for fish, fruit, vegetables, and poultry.

From Project Gutenberg

His poultry, equally with his horses, could have testified to the judicious attention which he bestowed upon them.

From Project Gutenberg

Even old Mrs. Stott had to kill her own poultry for the market though she'd strap him well for refusing.

From Project Gutenberg

Salads, and fish of various kinds, were dressed in a peculiar manner; poultry and other things in the French fashion.

From Project Gutenberg

They also know how to blow out and dress stale poultry, so as to make it look quite fresh and plump.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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