PASTURAGE

eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass

(noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

herbage, pasturage

(noun) succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pasturage (countable and uncountable, plural pasturages)

A pasture; land that is used for pasture.

The grass or other vegetation eaten by livestock and found in a pasture.

The right to graze livestock on a pasture.

Source: Wiktionary


Pas"tur*age, n. Etym: [OF. pasturage, F. pâturage. See Pasture.]

1. Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.

2. Grass growing for feed; grazing.

3. The business of feeding or grazing cattle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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