Meaning & use
Provender
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Dry food, such as hay or grain, for livestock; more broadly and often humorously, food or provisions for people.
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The barn was stocked with enough provender to last the winter.
They joked about the meager provender available at the remote cabin.
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Originally strictly referring to animal feed, "provender" is now sometimes used playfully or ironically to describe human food as well.
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