English-Thai Dictionary
provender
N อาหาร food ar-han
provender
N อาหารแห้ง สำหรับ เลี้ยงสัตว์ hay eatables ar-han-hang-sam-rub-liang-sad
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PROVENDER
n.[L. vivo, to live, and from vivanda; Eng. viand. ] 1. Dry food for beasts, usually meal, or a mixture of meal and cut straw or hay. In a more general sense, it may signify dry food of any kind.
2. Provisions; meat; food.
[Not used of food for man in New England. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PROVENDER
Prov "en *der, n. Etym: [OE. provende, F. provende, provisions,provender, fr. LL. praebenda (prae and pro being confused ), a daily allowance of provisions, a prebend. See Prebend. ]
1. Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed. "Hay or other provender. " Mortimer. Good provender laboring horses would have. Tusser.
2. Food or provisions. [R or Obs. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
provender
prov en der |ˈprävəndər ˈprɑvəndər | ▶noun often humorous food. • dated animal fodder. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French provendre, based on an alteration of Latin praebenda ‘things to be supplied ’ (see prebend ).
Oxford Dictionary
provender
provender |ˈprɒvɪndə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] dated animal fodder. • chiefly humorous food. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French provendre, based on an alteration of Latin praebenda ‘things to be supplied ’ (see prebend ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
provender
prov en der /prɑ́v (ə )ndə r |prɔ́v -/名詞 U 1 ｟やや古 ｠かいば, まぐさ 〘主に干し草 引き割り穀物 〙.2 〘くだけて おどけて 〙 (人の )食物 .
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