Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

live weight

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: live weight
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The alternative to live-weight pricing is dressed-weight or carcass-weight pricing."

Usage

Inflected Forms

live weights (plural)

Phrases

carcass weight dressed weight

Frequently Paired Words

carcass weight dressed weight

Questions

What does live weight mean?: The weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.

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