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live weight

live weight noun: the weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.

Noun

live weight (countable and uncountable, plural live weights)

  1. The weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.
    • The alternative to live-weight pricing is dressed-weight or carcass-weight pricing.

live weight meaning in Tamil

live weight in Tamil

உயிரோடு எடை

Forms of live weight

plurallive weights

Questions about live weight

What does live weight mean?
Live weight means the weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.
What is live weight in Tamil?
Live weight in Tamil is உயிரோடு எடை. See Live weight meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is live weight?
Live weight is a noun.
What is the plural of live weight?
The plural of live weight is live weights.

Words near live weight in the dictionary

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  2. live together
  3. live tweet
  4. live under a rock
  5. live up
  6. live weight
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  8. live well
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  10. live wire
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