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- Dictionaryprovender/ˈprɒv(ɪ)ndə/
noun
- 1. animal fodder: "to raise the prices of provender for cattle, importation has been severely curtailed"
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The meaning of PROVENDER is dry food for domestic animals : feed. How to use provender in a sentence. Did you know?
Provender definition: dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock or other domestic animals; fodder.. See examples of PROVENDER used in a sentence.
Provender is food that might not be fancy but it keeps you from going hungry, like the long-time provender of college students: rice, pasta, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and the occasional discount pizza.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024 How to use provender in a sentence And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.
1. dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock or other domestic animals; fodder. 2. food; provisions. SYNONYMS 1. See feed. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
1. (Agriculture) any dry feed or fodder for domestic livestock. 2. (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]
Provender definition: Dry food, such as hay, used as feed for livestock.
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1 ENTRIES FOUND: provender (noun) provender / ˈ prɑːvəndɚ/ noun. Britannica Dictionary definition of PROVENDER. [noncount] old-fashioned. : food. a supply of provender. PROVENDER meaning: food.
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