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
  • Warming oceans, regulations that have created an uptick in striper forage, and milder winters that make fishing tolerable for more anglers have all helped extend the season.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The waters surrounding the island also support coral reefs, sargassum and seaweed; endangered green sea turtles often visit to forage.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of forage
Noun
  • The 165,000-square foot building in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., will help the organization expand its digital footprint, launch new international feeds, and—maybe most importantly to the sport’s leaders—set golf up to leverage distribution possibilities once its current media deals expire after 2030.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 1 Jan. 2025
  • What’s more, some Chinese command centers appear to have live video feeds of various platforms under their purview, potentially limiting the autonomy of more junior officers and creating a sense that their every move is under the microscope.
    Sam Bresnick, Foreign Affairs, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of feed
Noun
  • Instead of an overproduced album full of slick Top 40 fodder, however, Tusk is a quirky and sometimes almost lo-fi album, inspired more by bands like Talking Heads and Gang of Four than an ambition to make Rumours 2.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Trump’s rhetoric also has the benefit of giving fodder to his supporters, who have embraced his view of American exceptionalism and dominance abroad and relish seeing liberals overreact to what the president-elect is saying.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of fodder
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