provender

prov·en·der  (prvn-dr)

n.

1. Dry food, such as hay, used as feed for livestock.

2. Food or provisions.

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[Middle English provendre, from Old French, alteration of provende, from Vulgar Latin *prvenda, alteration (influenced by Latin prvidre, to provide) of Late Latin praebenda; see prebend.]

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provender

Noun

Old-fashioned fodder for livestock [Old French provendre]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	provender - food for domestic livestock           feed food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue 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
	2.	provender - a stock or supply of foods           commissariat, provisions, viands, victuals food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue food cache - food in a secure or hidden storage place larder - a supply of food especially for a household