Definition of "stockyards" [stockyards]

• Plural form of stockyard. (noun)

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• "I think it's because they don't shoot the animals full of hormones in stockyards."
• "First they will gather samples from places such as stockyards, waste-treatment plants or rivers."
• "The new heavy weight was a local boy who had been employed carrying parts of carcasses in the stockyards until he had an accident which affected his reasoning power."