livestock

C2+ Topic:Animals

US /ˈlaɪvˌstɑk/ UK /ˈlaɪvstɒk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
farm animals raised for use or profit

Drought threatened both the crops and the livestock.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · farm animals raised for use... cattle stock animals beasts herd

Word family

Related forms live stock

Etymology

A compound of live ('living, alive', from Old English līf 'life') + stock ('a store, supply of animals', from Old English stocc 'tree-trunk, post'), coined in the 18th century for farm animals kept as property.

līf Old English stocc Old English

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Topics

Animals

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# livestock

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈlaɪvˌstɑk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈlaɪvstɒk/

## Meanings
1. farm animals raised for use or profit

## Examples
- Drought threatened both the crops and the livestock.

## Synonyms
- cattle
- stock
- animals
- beasts
- herd

## Related Forms
- live
- stock

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: līf
- Root: stocc

## Etymology
A compound of live ('living, alive', from Old English līf 'life') + stock ('a store, supply of animals', from Old English stocc 'tree-trunk, post'), coined in the 18th century for farm animals kept as property.

## AI Etymology
Livestock is a compound of live ('living, alive', from Old English līf 'life') + stock ('a store, supply of animals', from Old English stocc 'tree-trunk, post'), coined in the 18th century for farm animals kept as property. The etymological trail includes Old English līf, Old English stocc. The same word family includes live, stock. Its current noun use means "farm animals raised for use or profit".

## Topics
- Animals

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