manger

noun

man·​ger ˈmān-jər 

: a trough (see trough sense 1a) or open box in a stable designed to hold feed or fodder for livestock

We had our stage props now: a radiating tinfoil star and one of those mangers you see in Nativity scenes and nowhere else.

—Richard Peck

The first stall was a large square one, shut in behind with a wooden gate; … it had a low rack for hay and a low manger for corn …

—Anna Sewell

Word History

Etymology

Middle English mangeour, manger, from Anglo-French mangure, from manger to eat, from Latin manducare to chew, devour, from manducus glutton, from mandere to chew — more at mandible

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing manger

• dog in the manger
• garde-manger

Kids Definition

manger

noun

man·​ger ˈmān-jər 

: a trough or open box in which food for farm animals is placed