Library / English Dictionary

PASTURAGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

Synonyms:

eatage; forage; grass; pasturage; pasture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pasturage" is a kind of...):

fodder (coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop)

Derivation:

pasture (feed as in a meadow or pasture)

pasture (let feed in a field or pasture or meadow)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land

Synonyms:

herbage; pasturage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pasturage" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Credits