provender

Dry livestock feed

Provender is food for livestock, especially dry feed like hay, corn, or oats.

The word is somewhat old-fashioned and literary.

By extension, provender can refer to food or provisions generally: The pantry was stocked with provender for the long winter.

feed

hay

Dried feed crop

  • grainCereal plant's harvest unit
  • oatsCereal grain for porridge
  • barleyGrain for malt

corn · silage · alfalfa · forage · pellets · mash · chaff · roughage · cubes · concentrates

sustenance

victuals

Food and drink

nourishment · comestibles · viands · grub · edibles · supplies · store · larder · pantry · staples

livestock

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

  • horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
  • sheepWoolly farm animal
  • swineDomestic porcine animals

poultry · goats · mules · oxen · donkeys · herd · flock · pasture · stable · paddock

rustic

pastoral

Of countryside or clergy care

country · village · peasant · wholesome · old-fashioned · hearth · cottage · agrarian · harvest · husbandry

Opposites
nourishment vs harm

provenderpoison

Harmful ingested substance

toxin · venom · bane · pollutant · contaminant

sustenance vs deprivation

provenderstarvation

Extreme nutritional deprivation

famine · hunger · deprivation · scarcity · want

FEED TYPE (for livestock)

provendergrazing

Feeding on pasture

pasturage · browse

Family

provide, provisions, provision, fodder

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G