Get to know Pullet better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like fryer or frier.
Pullet meaning
- A young hen, especially one less than a year old.
- A spineless person; a coward.
- A girl or young woman.
Using Pullet
- The main meaning on this page is: A young hen, especially one less than a year old. | A spineless person; a coward. | A girl or young woman.
- Useful related words include: fryer, frier, chicken, poulet.
Context around Pullet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pullet
- In this selection, "pullet" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sexed, word, eggs, carpet and production stand out and add context to how "pullet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include called the pullet carpet shell and duck and pullet eggs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pullet" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pullet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Genetic analysis showed that the cancer cells found in the golden carpet shell clams, above, originated from another species called the pullet carpet shell. (24 words)
Zawe boss said sexed pullet production (layer day-old chicks) averaged 253 641 per month in third quarter, an increase of 29% on prior figures. (25 words)
Many — including Diane Wan, 72 — immediately recognized Stoltzfoos, and left with everything from pickled okra, pork roll, and asparagus to shoofly pies, pumpkin bread, and GMO-free duck and pullet eggs. (31 words)
Females over a year old are known as hens and younger females as pullets citation although in the egg-laying industry, a pullet becomes a hen when she begins to lay eggs at 16 to 20 weeks of age. (39 words)
The word "pullet" itself comes from Middle English pulet, from Old French polet, both from Latin pullus, a young fowl, young animal or chicken. citation citation The word "fowl" is of Germanic origin (cf. (34 words)
Many — including Diane Wan, 72 — immediately recognized Stoltzfoos, and left with everything from pickled okra, pork roll, and asparagus to shoofly pies, pumpkin bread, and GMO-free duck and pullet eggs. (31 words)
Example sentences (5)
Many — including Diane Wan, 72 — immediately recognized Stoltzfoos, and left with everything from pickled okra, pork roll, and asparagus to shoofly pies, pumpkin bread, and GMO-free duck and pullet eggs.
Genetic analysis showed that the cancer cells found in the golden carpet shell clams, above, originated from another species called the pullet carpet shell.
Zawe boss said sexed pullet production (layer day-old chicks) averaged 253 641 per month in third quarter, an increase of 29% on prior figures.
Females over a year old are known as hens and younger females as pullets citation although in the egg-laying industry, a pullet becomes a hen when she begins to lay eggs at 16 to 20 weeks of age.
The word "pullet" itself comes from Middle English pulet, from Old French polet, both from Latin pullus, a young fowl, young animal or chicken. citation citation The word "fowl" is of Germanic origin (cf.