provender

prov·en·der

P0621200 (prŏv′ən-dər)n.1. Dry food, such as hay, used as feed for livestock.2. Food or provisions.

---

[Middle English provendre, from Old French, alteration of provende, from Vulgar Latin *prōvenda, alteration (influenced by Latin prōvidēre, to provide) of Late Latin praebenda; see prebend.]

provender

(ˈprɒvɪndə) n1. (Agriculture) any dry feed or fodder for domestic livestock2. (Cookery) food in general[C14: from Old French provendre, from Late Latin praebenda grant, from Latin praebēre to proffer; influenced also by Latin prōvidēre to look after]

prov•en•der

(ˈprɒv ən dər)

n. 1. dry food for livestock; fodder. 2. food; provisions. [1275–1325; Middle English provendre < Old French, variant of provende prebend, provender < Medieval Latin prōbenda, alter. of praebenda prebend, perhaps by association with Latin prōvidēre to look out for, provide] syn: See feed.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	provender - food for domestic livestock feedfood, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissueblood meal - the dried and powdered blood of animalscorn gluten feed - a feed consisting primarily of corn glutencattle cake - a concentrated feed for cattle; processed in the form of blocks or cakescreep feed - feed given to young animals isolated in a creepfodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal cropfeed grain - grain grown for cattle feedensilage, silage - fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silooil cake - mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestockpigswill, pigwash, slop, slops, swill - wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milkmash - mixture of ground animal feedscud, rechewed food - food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed againbird feed, bird food, birdseed - food given to birds; usually mixed seedspet food, petfood, pet-food - food prepared for animal petsmast - nuts of forest trees used as feed for swinefish meal - ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock
	2.	provender - a stock or supply of foods commissariat, provisions, viands, victualsfood, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissuefood cache - food in a secure or hidden storage placelarder - a supply of food especially for a household

provender

nounSomething fit to be eaten:aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual.Slang: chow, eats, grub.

Translations