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poult

/pɒlt//poʊlt/

poult noun: a young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).

Noun

poult (plural poults)

  1. A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).
    • ‘I even questioned,’ said he, ‘whether there will not be, in about a week's time, some nice turkey powts.’1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 82
    • And, besides, she [the old grouse's wife] was the mother of a family, and had seven little poults to wash and feed every day; […]1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby

poult meaning in Tamil and Urdu

poult in Tamil

வான்கோழிக் குஞ்சு

poult in Urdu

چوزہ

Forms of poult

pluralpoults
alternative formpowt

Origin of poult

From Middle English pult, a variant of pulet, polet, from Old French poulet (“young fowl”), diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pulla. For the development of the stressed vowel, see poultry. Doublet of pullet.

Words formed from poult

  • heath-poult

Words that rhyme with poult

Questions about poult

What does poult mean?
Poult means a young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).
What is poult in Tamil?
Poult in Tamil is வான்கோழிக் குஞ்சு. See Poult meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is poult?
Poult is a noun.
How do you pronounce poult?
Poult is pronounced /pɒlt/ (UK).
What is the plural of poult?
The plural of poult is poults.

Words near poult in the dictionary

  1. Poulsen arc
  2. Poulsen arcs
  3. Poulshot
  4. Poulsom
  5. Poulson
  6. poult
  7. poulter
  8. poulter's measure
  9. poulter's measures
  10. poulterer
  11. poulterers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poult (page history and authors); poult (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poult (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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