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(laɪvstɒk)
uncountable noun [with singular or plural verb]
Animals such as cattle and sheep which are kept on a farm are referred to as livestock.
The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.
Synonyms: farm animals, stock, sheep, cattle More Synonyms of livestock

livestock in British English

(ˈlaɪvˌstɒk)
noun
(functioning as singular or plural)
cattle, horses, poultry, and similar animals kept for domestic use but not as pets, esp on a farm or ranch

livestock in American English

(ˈlaɪvˌstɑk)
noun
domestic animals kept for use on a farm and raised for sale and profit

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Examples of 'livestock' in a sentence
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Farming insects results in considerably fewer greenhouse gases than most livestock.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It has grown to 3,400 acres of crops and livestock.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But when the time came to strike out on his own, instead of livestock farming he plumped for growing and selling organic fruit and vegetables.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Over the decades it branched out into the rendering of livestock and poultry waste.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The barn was used for livestock and dry storage.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These produced the codes of practice for the management of farm livestock.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He is honoured as the patron saint of cattle and domestic livestock.
Martin Manser COLLINS DICTIONARY OF SAINTS (2004)
Most of it is fed to livestock or used to make beer.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He also wants a reduction in the use of antibiotics in livestock and farmed fish.
The Sun (2016)
It might be fun to have your own livestock such as sheep, cattle or goats.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Since Neolithic times we have used livestock to turn inedible grass into food.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In extreme conditions, livestock farmers who farm their sheep out are at the mercy of the elements.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She grows produce and raises livestock on her wonderful smallholding, and it all goes on to the menu.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
To thrive and survive they will need to work together to build their shelter, grow their food and raise livestock.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
As a result, much of the corn or livestock that was raised could not reach the people who needed it.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
No farmers farmed, no livestock grazed and no trees cast shadows to obstruct the view from either side of the other.
Charles Glass The Tribes Triumphant (2006)
The proposal would see farmers being paid far more for services they provide to the nation's ecosystems than they get for producing livestock and crops.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In the North, people generally produced livestock and cereal crops.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
Some settlers specialized in producing corn, others potatoes, and still others raised livestock.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
The balance may not be ideal, but the idea that we would be better off returning to almost full dependence on local crops and livestock is absurd.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

In other languages
livestock

British English: livestock NOUN
Animals such as cattle and sheep which are kept on a farm are referred to as livestock.
The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.
  • American English: livestock
  • Brazilian Portuguese: gado
  • Chinese: 家畜
  • European Spanish: ganado
  • French: bétail
  • German: Vieh
  • Italian: bestiame
  • Japanese: 家畜
  • Korean: 가축
  • European Portuguese: gado
  • Latin American Spanish: ganado

Chinese translation of 'livestock'

livestock

(ˈlaɪvstɔk)

n (u)

  1. 家畜 (jiāchù)
(noun) 
Definition
animals kept on a farm
The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.
Synonyms
farm animals
stock
I am carefully selecting the breeding stock.
sheep
cattle

Additional synonyms

in the sense of stock
Definition
farm animals bred and kept for their meat, skins, etc.
I am carefully selecting the breeding stock.
Synonyms
livestock,
cattle,
beasts,
domestic animals

Synonyms of 'livestock'

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