provender

/provender/

Thân thiện

The farmer stores provender in the barn for the winter.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Food for domestic animals; fodder: "Provender" primarily refers to dry food, such as hay or grain, that is fed to livestock like cattle, horses, or sheep.
   • A supply or stock of food; provisions: In a more general or sometimes humorous sense, "provender" can refer to a store of food for people.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The farmer stored enough provender in the barn to feed the horses through the winter.
  • After the long journey, the travelers were grateful for the simple provender of bread and cheese.

Advanced Usage

• "To be on short provender": to have a limited supply of food.
  • The besieged city was on short provender, and rationing began.

Variants and Related Words

• Fodder (n): food, especially dried hay or feed, for cattle and other livestock.
  • Corn is often used as fodder for pigs.

Synonyms

• Forage: food for horses and cattle, often obtained by searching or grazing.
• Feed: an everyday term for food given to animals.
• Victuals (often humorous or archaic): supplies of food for human consumption.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a stock or supply of foods
2. food for domestic livestock

Từ đồng nghĩa

• commissariat
• provisions
• viands
• victuals
• feed