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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cattle station

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables
cat-tle s-ta-tion
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large farm in Australia, (the equivalent of ranch), usually in the outback, whose main activity is the raising of cattle, and run by a grazier. In most cases the stations are in a rangeland context on pastoral leases. Many are larger than small countries.

Australian usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

cattle stations (plural)

Phrases

sheep station

Frequently Paired Words

grazier sheep station

Questions

What does cattle station mean?
A large farm in Australia, (the equivalent of ranch), usually in the outback, whose main activity is the raising of cattle, and run by a grazier. In most cases the stations are in a rangeland context on pastoral leases. Many are larger than small countries.

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