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

These guardrails are even more necessary now, the organization argues, due to the avian flu, which has ravaged poultry and cattle across the country and has infected small numbers of agricultural workers. —Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2025

Top exports include agriculture: soybeans, corn, live and frozen beef, pigs, fish, and poultry. —Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025

Cook poultry, eggs and other animal products to the proper temperature and avoid cross-contamination between raw and cooked food. —Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025

What To Know The drastic increase in egg prices has been prompted by a nationwide shortage due to an outbreak of H5N1—a strain of avian flu that has affected American poultry and cattle across the country. —Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025

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