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livestock

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈlaɪvstɒk//
  • United States//ˈlaɪvstɑk//

Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.

noun

  1. 1

    Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.

    Meronym: stock animal

    The livestock were poisoned by what they grazed on.

    Livestock is bought and sold at an auction market.

    Much livestock was slaughtered due to high feed prices.

Etymology

Etymology tree English live Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock English livestock From live + stock.

Forms

plural
livestocks
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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