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feed⋅lot

[feed-lot]
–noun
1. a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
2. a commercial establishment that operates a feedlot.
Also, feed lot.
Also called feed⋅yard [feed-yahrd] .


Origin:
1885–90; feed + lot
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feed·lot   (fēd'lŏt')   
n.  A plot of ground on which livestock are fattened for market.
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