animal feed

noun

Material, of an animal or most often vegetable origin, prepared (especially industrially) as feed for domestic or farm animals.

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Meanings

nounanimal feed (countable and uncountable, plural animal feeds)

plural animal feeds

  1. countableuncountableMaterial, of an animal or most often vegetable origin, prepared (especially industrially) as feed for domestic or farm animals.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
animal food

Translations

Afrikaans dierevoedsel
  • dierevoedselmaterial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Chinese Mandarin 飼料 /饲料
  • 飼料 /饲料 (sìliào)material prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Danish dyrefoder
  • dyrefodermaterial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Finnish rehu
  • rehumaterial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
French alimentation animale
  • alimentation animalematerial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
German Futtermittel
  • Futtermittelmaterial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Italian mangime
  • mangimematerial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Japanese 餌, 飼料
  • 餌 (esa)material prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
  • 飼料 (shiryō)material prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Korean 사료
  • 사료 (saryo)material prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Norwegian Bokmål dyrefor, dyrefôr
  • dyreformaterial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
  • dyrefôrmaterial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Portuguese ração
  • raçãomaterial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Romanian furaj
  • furajmaterial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Russian корм для животных
  • корм для животных (korm dlja životnyx)material prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Spanish pienso
  • piensomaterial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Turkish yem
  • yemmaterial prepared as feed for domestic or farm animals
Cite this entry
APA

animal feed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20feed

MLA

“animal feed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20feed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animal feed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animal%20feed.

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