Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large enclosed yard, usually with pens or stables, in which livestock, such as cattle or pigs, are temporarily kept until slaughtered, sold, or shipped elsewhere.
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- noun US An enclosed yard, with
pens , sheds etc. orstables , wherelivestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily
Etymologies
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Examples
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The sound of the ongoing party was like a logging camp next to a stockyard beside a slaughterhouse.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Mukesh Gupta/Reuters A worker cleaned a parked car at Maruti Suzuki's stockyard on the outskirts of Jammu.
India Car Sales Slow in May Nikhil Gulati 2011
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Left, a worker unloaded an Alto from a container at the Maruti Suzuki stockyard near the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, April 1,2011.
Slump in Car Sales 2011
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The sky was a grayish reddish orange that made her think of the smoke that, decades before, billowed from slaughterhouse and stockyard chimneys, sweaty immigrants making their bones in a strange new land.
Appreciating Her Situation Uniquely Joe Deir 2011
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Mukesh Gupta/Reuters A worker cleaned a parked car at Maruti Suzuki's stockyard on the outskirts of Jammu.
India Car Sales Slow in May Nikhil Gulati 2011
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The sound of the ongoing party was like a logging camp next to a stockyard beside a slaughterhouse.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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The sound of the ongoing party was like a logging camp next to a stockyard beside a slaughterhouse.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Rio said that the spending would pay for a two-berth wharf at Cape Lambert port, a new stockyard, six new heavy train units and other equipment.
Rio Tinto Plans $3.1 Billion Iron Ore Expansion David Fickling 2010
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Reuters A Maruti Suzuki stockyard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad Aug. 1, 2011.
Auto Makers Prepare Launches for India Festival Season Santanu Choudhury 2011
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Reuters Parked cars at a Maruti Suzuki stockyard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
India's Challenging Car Chase Harsh Joshi 2011
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