Meaning & use

hay

noun·Everyday

Grass or similar plants that have been cut and dried for use as animal feed.

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The farmer stacked bales of hay in the barn before winter arrived.

Horses in the paddock were munching on fresh hay from the trough.

A note on using this word

Hay (dried grass) is often confused with straw (dried stalks left after grain harvest); the two are not the same material.

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