Synonyms and antonyms of Animals kept for their meat or milk in British Thesaurus

boar (noun)

a male pig

broiler (noun)

American a small chicken for broiling

cattle (noun)

cows and bulls kept by farmers for their milk or meat. A group of cattle is called a herd

chicken (noun)

a bird kept for its eggs and meat. The sound it makes is called clucking. The female chicken is called a hen and the male is called a cock or a rooster. A baby chicken is called a chick.

chook (noun)

Australianinformal a chicken

cow (noun)

an animal kept by farmers for its milk or meat. A male cow is called a bull, a female is a cow, and a young cow is a calf. Their meat is called beef. The sound a cow makes is written as moo.

fowl (noun)

a bird that is kept on a farm for its eggs and meat, for example a chicken or a duck

Friesian (noun)

British a type of black and white cow that produces a lot of milk

guernsey (noun)

a brown and white cow that produces milk

guinea fowl (noun)

a large grey bird, originally from Africa, that is kept for its meat

hog (noun)

British a male pig whose sex organs have been removed

hog (noun)

mainly American a pig

Holstein (noun)

mainly American a Friesian cow

jersey (noun)

a type of cow that is white with large brown spots and is kept by farmers for its milk

livestock (noun)

animals such as cows, sheep, and pigs that are kept on farms

pig (noun)

an animal with no fur and a curly tail kept by farmers for its meat. A female pig is called a sow and a young pig is called a piglet. The meat from a pig is called pork.

porker (noun)

a young pig that has been made fat so that it can be eaten as pork

poultry (noun)

birds such as chickens that are used for meat or eggs

sheep (noun)

an animal kept by farmers for its wool or meat. The male sheep is called a ram and the female is a ewe. A young sheep is called a lamb. Meat from a young sheep is called lamb and from an older sheep is called mutton.

sow (noun)

an adult female pig

swine (noun)

an old word meaning a ‘pig’