Meaning & use
livestock
Animals such as cattle, sheep, or pigs kept and raised on a farm for food, labor, or other products.
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The farmer sold most of his livestock before finally retiring from the trade.
Livestock grazed peacefully across the wide, fenced pasture near the old barn.
A note on using this word
Livestock is typically uncountable and refers to farm animals collectively, not pets or wild animals.
Words with a similar meaning
farm animalscattle
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