Meaning & use
Mangers
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Open troughs or boxes from which horses or cattle feed.
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The stable hands filled the mangers with fresh hay each morning.
In the nativity story, the infant was laid in one of the mangers of the stable.
A note on using this word
The word entered English from French 'mangeoire,' related to 'manger,' meaning 'to eat.'
Words with a similar meaning
troughsfeed boxes
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