"stockyard" meaning in English

See stockyard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: stockyards [plural]
Etymology: From stock + yard. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stock|yard}} stock + yard Head templates: {{en-noun}} stockyard (plural stockyards)
  1. (US) (Australia) An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc. Tags: US Translations (Translations): karjatarha (Finnish), Viehhof [masculine] (German), tōkiāri (Maori), redil [masculine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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