Thesaurus results for SILAGE

silage

noun

Definition of silage

as in ensilage

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Recent Examples of silage The lighter roughage and silage flies farther than the grain does, leaving the cow with a pile of the tastier stuff as the rest gets tossed out of reach. — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025 Electricity cables buzz overhead and the smell of silage from a nearby equestrian centre wafts through the air. — Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025 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, 5 Mar. 2024 Canals slice between orchards and acres of silage, pushing all-important irrigation water through a network of laterals from farm to farm. — Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for silage

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Noun

Wrens, chickadees, titmice, thrushes and nuthatches all forage either through the leaf canopy or the slowly decaying ground litter for beetles, caterpillars, spiders, ants and other insects.

— Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
To cut costs, some buy out less frequently, resort to cheaper options, use discounts or loyalty programs, keep a strict budget, meal prep or forage for food at work.

— Itzel Franco, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of forage

Noun

Investors backing these projects are also obvious customers for a real-time feed into Americans’ growing antipathy toward data centers.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Fortunately, transparency logs account for much of that failure, but this measure requires parties to actively monitor massive feeds and works only after unauthorized certificates have been issued.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of feed

Noun

What elevates the greatest album of all time above more standard fodder for pregames and parking-lot smoke seshes is the neon current of romance running beneath its songs.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
More recently, with the rise of social media, comics have flagged major influencers and brands for repurposing their jokes as social media fodder without credit.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of fodder

Noun

Decodo, a web data company, tracked price changes in 2025 across products ranging from electronics to clothing and home improvement supplies.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Relief supplies were unlikely to reach the islands for three to five days, according to Saturday updates from FEMA.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026