poultry
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- poultryless adjective
- poultrylike adjective
Etymology
Origin of poultry
1350–1400; Middle English pulletrie < Middle French pouleterie. See pullet, -ery
Example Sentences
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The statement adds, “Costco has prioritized keeping its chickens at $4.99 over ensuring those chickens are safe to eat, all while holding out its poultry to consumers as top-quality and wholesome.”
From Salon
The price of cooking oil has doubled in recent weeks, while meat and poultry prices rose by half.
From Barron's
Major restaurant chains, including KFC, have ditched a commitment to improve chicken sourcing standards in the UK as poultry demand soars.
From BBC
“The cleanest of all the poultry is turkey, so I’ll do white-meat turkey or I’ll do sea bass. No dirty fish — no shrimp, no catfish, no tilapia. And I do my herbs every day.”
From Los Angeles Times
His 600 bushels will likely end up in poultry feed in the South.
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