dairy cattle meaning

Definition of dairy cattle

1. cattle that are reared for their milk

   Synonyms: dairy cow, milch cow, milk cow, milcher, milker

   Type of: cattle

   Kinds: Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Jersey, milking shorthorn, Friesian, Guernsey

dairy cattle in a sentence

• The farmer feeds alfalfa to his dairy cattle.
• The Jersey breed of dairy cattle originated on the island and is known worldwide.

How to pronounce dairy cattle

dairy cattle is pronounced /ˈdɛəri ˈkætəl/ in British English and /ˈdɛri ˈkætəl/ in American English. It has 4 syllables.