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

The use of medicated feed and new research into poultry diseases created a booming chicken industry that helped increase American chicken production almost 30-fold in the last century. —Grace Van Deelen, Vox, 11 July 2024

Mies Family Foods, a wholesale distributor of beef, pork and poultry, is slated to relocate its headquarters and the local arm of its operations from North Kansas City to Kansas City, Kansas. —Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024

Fried foods, such as meats, poultry, seafood, or vegetables, are high in fat. —Roxana Ehsani, Health, 10 July 2024

Live poultry markets may be source of bird flu virus in San Francisco wastewater. —Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2024

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