dairy cattle
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- noun
- /ˈdɛəri ˈkætəl/
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- Composting is the main treatment method for solid wastes of dairy cattle, beef cattle, and pigs.
- a dairy cattle farm
- dairy cattle breeds
- dairy cattle farmers
Otherwise, how would all the farmers who grow wheat and all the farmers who have dairy cattle, how would they?
- Otherwise, how would all the farmers who grow wheat and all the farmers who have dairy cattle, how would they?
Examples
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Surely your cousins don't expect you to believe that their dairy cattle are dying of old age, do they?
Blog text (19) -
Black and white, like his parents' dairy cattle, it grew quickly to the size of a cat and well beyond.
Fiction book (2002) -
Throughout the productive life of dairy cattle, each individual is subjected to several selection decisions.
Academic text (2015) -
The dairy cattle sector must inform farmers about potential sources of infection.
Academic text (2014) -
In dairy cattle, scientists have detected many SNP markers responsible for increased milk yield and milk quality.
Academic text (2015) -
Genetic resources have also increased production yields in the livestock industry, especially in dairy cattle, hogs, and poultry.
Academic text (1997) -
Raw milk consumption was a risk factor for seropositivity in German dairy cattle farmers (19).
Academic text (2014) -
In 2011, the vaccinia virus caused an outbreak of bovine vaccinia, affecting dairy cattle and dairy workers in Brazil.
Academic text (2012) -
Imported pasture grasses fed to purebred dairy cattle ended the practice of grazing barnyard livestock on spontaneous roadside vegetation.
Academic text (1991) -
In rural Virginia, many farmers raise dairy cattle to produce milk for their local communities.
Synonyms
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A cow that is kept mainly to give milk
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A cow kept to give milk for people to drink
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A cow that people keep and raise to produce milk
A cow or other cattle kept to give milk
A cow that a farmer keeps to give milk
How Productive
Surface Forms
Morphology
dairy + cattle
The meaning is directly compositional: 'dairy' (relating to milk or milk production) modifies 'cattle' (livestock), yielding cattle kept for milk rather than meat. This modifier + noun pattern is common and predictable cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Dairy cattle is made from dairy, the part of a farm where milk was kept and made into butter or cheese, and cattle, farm animals. The phrase paints a clear picture: these are animals kept 'for milk', so today it means cows bred mainly to give milk rather than meat.