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Cattle

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

/ˈkætl/nounCore term

In agriculture, cattle means: Cows, bulls, steers and calves considered as a group and kept for milk, meat or work.

In Turkish: sığır, büyükbaş hayvan

How it is used

Used for both dairy cattle and beef cattle. It is a plural noun with no singular, so farmers count 'head of cattle'. Breeders talk about cattle breeds, cattle feed, cattle prices and cattle fattening.

Example sentences

  1. The farm keeps about 300 head of dairy cattle.

  2. Cattle prices usually rise before the religious holiday.

Common collocations

  • dairy cattle
  • beef cattle
  • head of cattle
  • cattle breed
  • cattle fattening
  • livestockAnimals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry that are kept on a farm for meat, milk, eggs, wool or work.
  • dairy farmA farm that keeps cows, or sometimes goats, sheep or buffalo, mainly to produce milk for sale.
  • herdA group of animals of one kind, especially cattle, goats or buffalo, that live, feed and are managed together.
  • breedA group of animals of the same species with similar appearance and characteristics, developed and kept by people, such as Holstein cattle or Merino sheep.
  • feedlotA farm or area where beef cattle or lambs are kept in pens and fed rich rations so that they gain weight quickly before slaughter.

This word in other fields

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