provender

🇬🇧 UK/'prɒvәndә/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

Dry food, such as hay or grain, especially for livestock; food in general.

粮草,饲料;食物

v.

To supply with food or fodder.

供给食物或饲料

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
provenderother
=provender

Common Collocations

  • 1.store provender储备饲料
  • 2.supply of provender饲料供应
  • 3.[provender for livestock]牲畜饲料
  • 4.lay in provender囤积粮草

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The farmer stored enough provender to feed his horses through the long winter.

  • 2.

    Medieval armies required vast quantities of provender for both soldiers and warhorses.

  • 3.

    After the long journey, the travelers were grateful for any provender the inn could offer.

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