provisiones

Definitions of provisiones
  1. noun
    a stock or supply of foods
    synonyms: abasto, bastimento, munición, pertrechos, socorro, subsistencia, suministración, suministro, víveres
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    despensa
    a supply of food especially for a household
    type of:
    alimento, nutriente
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
  2. noun
    food for domestic livestock
    synonyms: alimentación, comida
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    forraje, pienso, zacate
    coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
    ensilado, ensilaje
    fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
    bazofia
    wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
    alpiste, cañamón
    food given to birds; usually mixed seeds
    pienso
    food prepared for animal pets
    bellota
    nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
    harina de pescado
    ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock
    forraje, pasto
    bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
    alfalfa
    leguminous plant grown for hay or forage
    haba
    a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder
    heno, zacate
    grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
    purrela
    dry mash for poultry
    alpiste
    a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds
    type of:
    alimento, nutriente
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
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