poultry
poultry
noun
/ˈpəʊltri/
1. plural chickens, ducks and geese, kept for their meat or eggs
to keep poultry
poultry farming
He rears rabbits and poultry in the garden.
Topics Food C1
Topics Birds C1
Collocations
adjective
free-range
domestic
verb + poultry
keep
raise
poultry + noun
farm
farming
industry
2 ​uncountable meat from chickens, ducks and geese
Eat plenty of fish and poultry.
The menu offers a range of fish and poultry dishes
Word Origin
Middle English: from Old French pouletrie, from poulet ‘pullet’.