Definitions for roughage

roughage rough·age

Spelling: [ruhf-ij]
IPA: /ˈrʌf ɪdʒ/

Roughage is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 180 anagrams from letters in roughage (aegghoru).

Definitions for roughage

noun

  1. rough or coarse material.
  2. any coarse, rough food for livestock.
  3. fiber (def 9).

Origin of roughage

First recorded in 1880-85; rough + -age

Examples for roughage

Alfalfa in every instance is intended as a roughage, as an appetizer and as a protein feed.

Economy in raising live stock demands the production of all "roughness" or roughage materials on the farm.

The feed given them should consist of both grain and some form of roughage.

In this rotation the only roughage obtained is the corn stover and the oat straw.

Also they gave us roughage fur our hosses and wouldn't take pay fur none of it, indicatin' by signs that it was all a free gift.

No provision is made for furnishing the fattening geese with green feed or roughage.

roughage is supplied if not available otherwise and straw, hay or vegetables are utilized for this purpose.

The geese will eat a considerable amount of this which thus helps to supply the roughage which they need.

It is on this roughage or waste material that intestinal movement or peristalsis depends.

Some roughage such as vegetables or hay should also be supplied.

Word Value for roughage
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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