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livestock

livestock

114 2.4
Animals like cows, sheep and pigs raised on a farm for food or work
  • noun
  • /ˈlaɪvˌstɑk/
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  • Farmers often rely on livestock such as cows and sheep for their income.
  • feed livestock
  • crops and livestock
  • agriculture and livestock

And I worry about your livestock because they live with jackals.

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Examples

  • We got the livestock, the cattle, oil, wood, resources, anything.

  • He said you had taken a heifer and some livestock.

  • People begin to stay put, grow food, raise livestock, build a home.

  • All the livestock we need are right here.

  • We are at our family farm where we'll raise our livestock for our restaurants.

  • The increase led to problems in feeding livestock during periods of shortage.

    Academic text (2011)
  • From there, clean air transcends to clean rain, clean crops, healthy livestock to clean food.

  • And with our fall crops and most of the livestock gone, we didn't have enough food.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And members of our own 4-H Club will have the opportunity to enter livestock and poultry in the competition.

  • I mean, you can see the cultivation activities, livestock, fish, shrimp, wage earning and so on.

Synonyms

stock
vslivestock
185 2.2

A supply of goods or materials kept for future use

focuses on animals raised on farms for use or profit rather than general supplies
farm animal
vslivestock
22 1.0

An animal kept on a farm for food or work such as cows and chickens

focuses on larger animals used on farms like cattle, sheep, and pigs

Compounds

Animals like chickens or rabbits that people keep for eggs, meat and money

How Many

livestock
114 2.4
herd
142 1.0
to group
38 1.2

Surface Forms

livestock singular
livestock plural

Morphology

livestock = live + stock (transparent) = live + stock

The compound directly denotes 'stock' that is living; learners who know 'live' and 'stock' can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word livestock comes from putting together live 'alive' and stock 'supply' or 'goods', so it means the 'supply' of living animals on a farm. That's why livestock means animals like cattle, sheep, and pigs that farmers keep for use or profit.