noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈlaɪvstɒk/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈlaɪvstɑk/
CMU ARPABET:L AY1 V S T AA2 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
The livestock were poisoned by what they grazed on.
Livestock is bought and sold at an auction market.
Much livestock was slaughtered due to high feed prices.
In the West there are local areas with too many livestock.
Women herded small livestocks such as goats and sheep.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
any animals kept for use or profit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree English live Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock English livestock From live + stock.
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Translations
101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
