commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals
(noun) a stock or supply of foods
feed, provender
(noun) food for domestic livestock
Source: WordNet® 3.1
provender (usually uncountable, plural provenders)
(dated) Food, especially for livestock.
Synonyms: fodder, Thesaurus:food
provender (third-person singular simple present provenders, present participle provendering, simple past and past participle provendered)
(transitive) To feed.
Source: Wiktionary
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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, 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.
