Provender - plus, 'Concave' vs. 'Convex'

[Merriam-Webster]( WORD OF THE DAY July 17, 2019 provender [Audio pronunciation]( noun | PRAH-vun-der Definition 1 : dry food for domestic animals : [feed]( 2 : [food]( [victuals]( Scroll down for more about provender TRENDING NOW: [condemn]( [gerrymander]( [gerrymandering]( [concentration camp]( [SEE ALL [>]]( PEOPLE ARE READING ['Concave' vs. 'Convex']( ['Inflame': Fired with Anger]( [The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/12/19]( [What It Means to Get 'Canceled']( WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE [Farm Idioms Quiz]( Not your children's farm quiz. [PLAY NOW]( Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try! [TAKE ME THERE [>]]( Did You Know? When English speakers first chewed on the word provender around 1300, it referred to a stipend (also known as a [prebend]( that a clergyman received from his cathedral or collegiate church. Within a half a century, the word's current meanings had developed. These days you're most likely to encounter provender in articles written by food and travel writers. A few such writers confuse provender with [purveyor]( meaning "a person or business that sells or provides something," but most of them keep the words straight, as Deidre Schipani does in this quote from the Post and Courier , of Charleston, South Carolina: "The kitchen remains true to its local roots. Buying from island farmers, fisherman, shrimpers, butchers and small local artisans keeps the provender and purveyors in alignment." Examples of PROVENDER The restaurant's chef-owner prides himself on creating dishes from local provender. "While these fish with their underslung mouths will eat insects, crayfish, mollusks, and other provender, a garden worm or piece of nightcrawler on the hook will work just fine." — Christopher Balusik, The Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal, 30 Mar. 2019 Name That Synonym Unscramble the letters to create a synonym of provender meaning "food" that is usually used in its plural form: ECOLMBISSTE. [VIEW THE ANSWER [>]]( MORE WORD FUN: [WORD GAMES [>]]( [TRENDING NOW [>]]( [WORDS AT PLAY [>]]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( SHARE: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [View this email in a web browser]( You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day. [Unsubscribe from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day]( [Manage your subscription settings]( Merriam-Webster, Inc. 47 Federal Street, P.O. Box 281 Springfield, MA, 01102, USA [www.merriam-webster.com]( | [Privacy Policy]( © 2019 by Merriam-Webster, Inc.