EGAVE

roughage

About 0.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Originally , garbage, rubbish, or waste; later the portions of a crop which are discarded, such as husks, stalks, etc.; also, agricultural waste such as weeds.
  2. noun Coarse or rough plant material such as hay and silage used as animal fodder.
  3. noun Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract; dietary fibre.

Similar words

bran ruffage trash garbage junk crap rubbage chaff agrowaste roughness

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Word family

roughages

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