poultry

noun

poul·​try ˈpōl-trē 

: domesticated birds kept for eggs or meat

Examples of poultry in a Sentence

This wine goes well with poultry.

Recent Examples on the Web

Prices hit record highs last year amid an avian flu outbreak that decimated the country's poultry flocks. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 30 June 2026

This is especially true if it has been used to prepare raw meat, poultry, or other foods that may harbor harmful pathogens. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 28 June 2026

That is far smaller than the 2025 outbreak that killed millions of commercial poultry. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

In Georgia, chicken farmers are beleaguered by bedbugs, which have hopped from hotel rooms to poultry farms, and from there to workers’ homes. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English pultrie, from Anglo-French pulletrie, from pulleter poulterer, from pullet chicken — more at pullet

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

poultry

noun

poul·​try ˈpōl-trē 

: domesticated birds kept for eggs or meat

Etymology

Middle English pultrie "fowl raised for food," from early French pulletrie (same meaning), from pulleter "one who raises poultry," from pullet "chicken" — related to pullet