Meaning & use
charbray
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Meanings
nouncountable or uncountablespecialist
A breed of beef cattle created by crossing Charolais and Brahman cattle, known for being hardy and gaining weight quickly.
Grammar: Can mean the breed or one animal: a charbray, a herd of charbray.
Patterns
- a herd of charbray
- a charbray bull
The rancher bought a herd of charbray for his farm.
Charbray cattle handle hot weather better than many other breeds.
She raised a charbray calf for the county fair.
adjectivebefore a nounspecialist
Describing cattle, beef or farms related to the Charolais-Brahman cross breed.
Grammar: Used before a noun: charbray cattle.
Patterns
- charbray cattle
- charbray beef
The sale featured several charbray bulls.
Charbray beef is lean and tender.
Many ranches in the southern states keep charbray herds.
Word forms
| plural | charbrays |
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Common combinations
- charbray cattle
- Charbray cattle grazed on the hill.
- charbray bull
- The charbray bull weighed over a ton.
- charbray herd
- They sold the charbray herd last spring.
- charbray cross
- He bred a charbray cross for better heat tolerance.
Synonyms and how they differ
- Charolais cross
- A Charolais cross is any crossbreed using Charolais, while charbray refers specifically to the Charolais-Brahman mix.
- beef cattle
- Beef cattle is a broad category, whereas charbray names one hybrid breed within it.
- hybrid cattle
- Hybrid cattle can be any crossbreed, but charbray is one named type.
Word family
- Charolais noun
- a large white French breed of beef cattle
- Brahman noun
- a breed of cattle with a hump, originally from India
- crossbreed noun
- an animal with parents of different breeds
Commonly confused: charbray or charbroil?
charbray vs charbroil
Charbroil means to cook food over charcoal and has nothing to do with cattle.
Practice
A charbray is a type of ___.
Choose one answer.
Charbray is a cattle breed made by crossing Charolais and Brahman cattle. The other options are not animals of that kind.
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