forage
noun/ˈfɒrɪdʒ/
/ˈfɔːrɪdʒ/
[uncountable]- food for horses and cows
- forage crops/grass
Oxford Collocations DictionaryForage is used before these nouns:- crop
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French fourrage (noun), fourrager (verb), from fuerre ‘straw’, of Germanic origin and related to fodder.Definitions on the go
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