provender

Meaning of provender

noun

animal fodder.
to raise the prices of provender for cattle, importation has been severely curtailed

Middle English: from Old French provendre, based on an alteration of Latin praebenda ‘things to be supplied’ (see prebend).

Information about provender

It is a name.
The plural form of provender is: provenders.
Languages in which provender is used:
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Hyphenation of provender

proven-der

It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
provender is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

provender synonyms

Meaning feed:

Meaning commissariat:

commissariat, provisions, viands, victuals

Translation of provender

Spanish: forraje
French: fourrage
Italian: foraggio
Portuguese: forragens

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