'Provender' definitions:
Definition of 'provender'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Provender'
From: GCIDE
- Provender \Prov"en*der\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- Good provender laboring horses would have. --Tusser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Food or provisions. [R or Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'provender'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aliment,
- barley,
- bird seed,
- board,
- bran,
- bread,
- bread and butter,
- canned foods,
- cat food,
- cheer,
- chicken feed,
- chop,
- chow,
- comestibles,
- commissariat,
- commissary,
- corn,
- creature comfort,
- cuisine,
- daily bread,
- dehydrated foods,
- dog food,
- eatables,
- eatage,
- eats,
- edibles,
- ensilage,
- fare,
- fast food,
- feast,
- feed,
- fodder,
- food,
- food and drink,
- food supply,
- foodstuff,
- foodstuffs,
- forage,
- fresh foods,
- frozen foods,
- grain,
- groceries,
- grocery,
- grub,
- hay,
- health food,
- ingesta,
- junk food,
- kitchen stuff,
- larder,
- mash,
- meal,
- meat,
- merchandise,
- nourishment,
- nurture,
- oats,
- pasturage,
- pasture,
- pet food,
- provision,
- provisions,
- rations,
- scratch,
- scratch feed,
- silage,
- slops,
- spread,
- stores,
- straw,
- supplies,
- sustenance,
- swill,
- table,
- tucker,
- viands,
- victuals,
- vittles,
- wheat