ensilage

noun

Definition of ensilagenext
as in silage

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  1. silage
  2. forage
  3. feed
  4. fodder
Noun
  • As the farmer tells RTÉ News, he’s never encountered anything like this in his field before, and he’s been cutting silage in the same area for more than three decades.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
  • There were signs of growth in the production of durum wheat, corn for silage, and several forage crops — an increase that matches that of the dairy industry in the past decades.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
Definition of silage
Noun
  • Ultimately, the study found that the availability of nutritional forage had the largest impact on moose population growth across the three study areas.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Owens Viani said proponents had also hoped to create buffer zones around agricultural areas, where birds of prey forage and which are part of habitat ranges for mountain lions, coyotes and other animals.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of forage
Noun
  • How much land was wasted growing their millions of pounds of feed?
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Instead of anxiously refreshing your feed, set a bedtime and stick to it.
    Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of feed
Noun
  • Derick recalled how some of their earliest days as a couple came with conditions about becoming fodder for TV.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
  • This kind of problem is common fodder for conspiracy theories and fuels distrust in the process.
    Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of fodder
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