provender

Noun
  1. Food for domestic livestock (synset 107816067)
    is a type of: food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
    subtypes:
    • blood meal - the dried and powdered blood of animals
    • corn gluten feed - a feed consisting primarily of corn gluten
    • cattle cake - a concentrated feed for cattle; processed in the form of blocks or cakes
    • creep feed - feed given to young animals isolated in a creep
    • fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
    • feed grain - grain grown for cattle feed
    • ensilage, silage - fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
    • oil cake - mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestock
    • pigswill, pigwash, slop, slops, swill - wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
    • mash - mixture of ground animal feeds
    • cud, rechewed food - food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again
    • bird feed, bird food, birdseed - food given to birds; usually mixed seeds
    • pet food, pet-food, petfood - food prepared for animal pets
    • mast - nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
    • fish meal - ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock
    same as: feed
  2. A stock or supply of foods (synset 107587918)
    is a type of: food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
    subtypes:
    • food cache - food in a secure or hidden storage place
    • larder - a supply of food especially for a household
    same as: commissariat, provisions, viands, victuals

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