Day-old

Definition: Day-old

Day-old

Adjective

1. Not fresh today; "day-old bread is cheaper than fresh".

Date "day-old" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1901. (references)

Synonyms by domain: day old chicken counter (food & agriculture), day old pullet chicks, day-old chick (food & agriculture, european unionfood & agriculture, biology & biotechnology).

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Crosswords: Day-old

Specialty definitions using "day-old": commercial brooder. (references)

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Modern Usage: Day-old

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It's colder than a day-old dumpling! (The Newton Boys; writing credit: Richard Linklater)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Day-old

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Baskets of day-old chicks are delivered to a broiler house near Magee, MS.Credit: USDA.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Day-old

Subject	Topic	Quote
Trade	Nigeria	Since September 1, 1999, all goods except personal effects, used motor vehicles and perishables (e.g. day-old chicks, human eyes, human remains, vaccines, and periodicals/magazines) imported into the country are subject to pre-shipment inspection in the country of origin. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Day-old

"Day-old" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Day-old" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	9	117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Day-old

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "day-old": five-day-old, four-day-old, one-day-old, three-day-old, two-day-old.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Day-old

Language		Translations for "day-old"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		eintags-, einen tag alt. (various references)

Pig Latin		ay-oldday.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Day-old

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-d-l-o-y"
	-1 letter: oddly.
	-2 letters: dado, dyad, lady, load, odyl, oldy, yald.
	-3 letters: add, ado, dad, dal, day, dol, lad, lay, odd, old, yod.
	-4 letters: ad, al, ay, do, la, lo, od, oy, ya, yo.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-d-l-o-y"
	+2 letters: dotardly, ladyhood.
	+3 letters: holidayed, ladyhoods.
	+4 letters: amygdaloid, downplayed, downwardly, outdatedly.
	+5 letters: amygdaloids, hotheadedly, hydroplaned, offhandedly.
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