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kibble

/ˈkɪbəl/
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Other forms: kibbles

Kibble is dry pet food. If your dog is sitting next to her dish and looking up at you with big, mournful eyes, she wants you to give her some kibble.

You might be more likely to call kibble "dog food" or "cat food" — or even "guinea pig food." It's an all-purpose term for any kind of meal or feed that's formed into hard pellets, and it's a very common type of food for feeding pets and livestock. This word dates from around 1955, from a now uncommon verb meaning "to grind or chop coarsely."

Definitions of kibble
  1. noun
    an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining
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    type of:
    bucket, pail
    a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
  2. noun
    coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food)
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    type of:
    meal
    coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
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