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Spell Bee Word: livestock


Basic Details

Word: Livestock

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Farm animals such as cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep and poultry that are kept for milk, meat, wool or eggs.

Synonyms: farm animals, cattle

How to Spell Livestock

Syllables: live - stock

Tricky part: It is live (said like five) joined to stock. Keep the e of live, do not write life, and keep the ck of stock.

Watch out for: livstock, lifestock, livestok

Memory tip: The animals are alive, and they are the farmer's stock: live + stock.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Grandpa's livestock includes two buffaloes, six goats and a noisy rooster.

Example 2: The vet visits the village once a week to check the livestock.

Example 3: Farmers grow fodder crops to feed their livestock in the dry months.

Fun Fact

India has more buffaloes than any other country and is also the world's largest producer of milk.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) livestock
b) cowshead
c) haystak
d) farmhouce

Show answer

a) livestock. Haystack needs ck, farmhouse ends in se, and cowshed has no a.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tokvelics

a) livestock
b) stockpile
c) livelihood
d) lovesick

Show answer

a) livestock. Live and stock are both in there, and once you find them no letter is left.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The flood washed away the lifestock of several villages in Assam.

a) lifestock
b) flood
c) villages
d) Assam

Show answer

a) lifestock. These animals are alive, so the word starts with live, not life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is NOT livestock?

a) a hen
b) a tiger
c) a goat
d) a sheep

Show answer

b) a tiger

2. Farmers raise livestock mainly for ____.

a) decorating houses
b) guarding forests
c) racing on roads
d) milk, meat, wool and eggs

Show answer

d) milk, meat, wool and eggs

Associated Words

militarycorporatesolebureauaccuracy
advertisementprogressiverailappetitedegradation

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