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poultry (**폴**트리)domestic birds kept for eggs or meat, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: domestic birds kept for eggs or meat, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈpoʊltri/

Korean meaning: 달걀이나 고기를 얻기 위해 기르는 가금류 (닭, 오리, 거위, 칠면조 등)

Korean pronunciation: **폴**트리

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother's poultry always seemed to have better gossip than the neighbors.
  • The poultry section at the supermarket offers various types of chicken and turkey.
  • He decided to quit his office job and start a small poultry business after watching too many farming videos on YouTube.

poultry

NOUN

//ˈpoʊltri//

domestic birds kept for eggs or meat, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys

poultry concept
💡 Concept

domestic birds kept for eggs or meat, such as chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys

poultry rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Sultry heat blocks entry to the poultry house

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈpoʊltri/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈpəʊltri/

🌳Etymology

Rootpoulet
Suffix--ry

Origin

프랑스어 'pouleterie'에서 유래했으며, 이는 'poulet'(작은 닭)에서 파생되었습니다. 중세 시대 프랑스 농민들이 마당에서 기르던 작은 새들을 지칭하던 말이 영어로 넘어온 것입니다.

🎵Rhyme

sultryentry
sultry
entry

🔗Collocations

poultry farm
free-range poultry
poultry industry
raise poultry
poultry meat
poultry breeding

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My grandmother's poultry always seemed to have better gossip than the neighbors.

The poultry section at the supermarket offers various types of chicken and turkey.

😄 Fun example

He decided to quit his office job and start a small poultry business after watching too many farming videos on YouTube.

Local restaurants prefer to buy their poultry from organic farms.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

fowlbirdschickendomesticated birds

Antonyms

wild birdsgame birds

Related

livestockfarmingagricultureeggsmeatbarnyard

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