bullock
2
7.9
- noun
- /ˈbʊlək/
- UK
:
buey
- The farmer raised several bullocks for meat on his ranch.
- bullock cart
Examples
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Instead, she becomes a plow-woman, tilling the fields with a bullock.
Academic text (1995) -
Buy a lamb, a white dove, a bullock for sacrifice.
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And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering...
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The dawn sacrifice of a fat bullock had brought Brave Pride in from Lion's Rest.
Fiction book (1996) -
Most of us can still use horse-driven carriages or bullock carts.
Blog text (9) -
The shore is lined with rows of bullock carts and heaps of merchandise for transport.
Academic text (2005) -
We've gotta brand the calves, give them their shots, castrate the bullocks.
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To begin with, the tigress saw the bullock as prey—something to satisfy her hunger.
Academic text (2003) -
Jacob listened to the clopping hooves of the bullock and wondered if the bullock's black eyes had rested on Alice as she walked in the marketplace.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the field, the bullocks worked hard to pull the plow.
Synonyms
20
1.0
A large male cattle made unable to breed and used to pull heavy farm tools
16
6.7
A young male cow that has been castrated and is raised for beef
Compounds
- Archaic
A small wheel used with a rope to help raise sails at the top of a ship's mast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bullock comes from the word bull plus an old small ending -ock, so it originally meant 'little bull'. Because calmer, castrated males were often used for work and meat, the word came to mean a castrated, working male cattle.