stockyard

noun

stock·​yard ˈstäk-ˌyärd How to pronounce stockyard (audio)
: a yard for stock
specifically : one in which transient cattle, sheep, swine, or horses are kept temporarily for slaughter, market, or shipping

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Later, when the stockyards were in bloody operation, a portion of the river was called Bubbly Creek because it was filled with animal carcasses and waste that would bubble to the surface. Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024 Visitors may choose to attend one of the country's best rodeos and a daily cattle drive through the stockyard district, or one of the nearly 20 theaters with ballet, opera and symphony orchestra concerts. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 16 July 2024 The Klan organized a boycott of her stockyard, forcing the business to close. After 1964, Mars largely stopped taking photos but remained obsessed with the murders. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for stockyard

Word History

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stockyard was in 1756

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“Stockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stockyard. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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stockyard

noun
stock·​yard ˈstäk-ˌyärd How to pronounce stockyard (audio)
: a yard in which livestock are kept temporarily for slaughter, market, or shipping

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