beast of burden in English

noun
1
an animal such as a mule or donkey that is used for carrying loads.
Ancient Egyptian art depicts this animal as their domesticated beast of burden .
noun
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1. The ox is the beast of burden.

2. The beast of burden is very tame.

3. The horse is a beast of burden.

4. The camel is a beast of burden.

5. They used him like a beast of burden.

6. A wolf killed and ate his beast of burden.

7. A mere child, he had to work like a beast of burden.

8. One beast of burden is not enough to pull the cart. Get another one.

9. Will development ever again be the beast of burden pulling the region out of economic malady?

10. He was on a serious journey, and as was customary, he had with him a beast of burden as well as oil and wine.

11. Among the animals more commonly found in the alpine zone are yaks, mainly reared for their milk, meat, and as a beast of burden.

12. A domesticated South American ruminant mammal(Lama glama) related to the camel, raised for its soft, fleecy wool and used as a beast of burden.

13. 11 A domesticated South American ruminant mammal(Lama glama) related to the camel, raised for its soft, fleecy wool and used as a beast of burden.

14. * Belluine (suppletive adjective) Derived terms * beast fable * beast of burden * beast of draft * beast of prey * beastie * beastly * beastmaster * beauty and the beast * king of beasts * lobola-beast * belly of the beast Related terms * bestial * bestiality * bestiary * * * hartebeest * wildebeest

15. Ass (n.1) solid ungulate quadruped beast of burden of the horse kind, but smaller and with long ears and a short mane, native to southwest Asia, Old English Assa (Old Northumbrian Assal, Assald) "he-Ass."The English word is cognate with Old Saxon esil, Dutch ezel, Old High German esil, German Esel, Gothic asilus, and, beyond Germanic, Lithuanian asilas, Old Church Slavonic osl, Russian oselŭ