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feedgrain

feedgrain noun: any of the coarser grains such as corn, milo, and oats.

Noun

feedgrain (countable and uncountable, plural feedgrains)

  1. Any of the coarser grains such as corn, milo, and oats.
    • The official estimate of the feedgrain requirement in 1980 is about 125.0 million tons.1981, Padma Desai, Estimates of Soviet Grain Imports in 1980-85: Alternative Approaches, →ISBN
    • When wheat is cheap relative to feedgrains, more wheat will be used for feed. When the price of wheat rises relative to feedgrains, less will be used for feed.2013, Pierre Crosson, The Cropland Crisis: Myth or Reality?, →ISBN

Forms of feedgrain

pluralfeedgrains
alternative formfeed grain

Origin of feedgrain

From feed + grain.

Questions about feedgrain

What does feedgrain mean?
Feedgrain means any of the coarser grains such as corn, milo, and oats.
What part of speech is feedgrain?
Feedgrain is a noun.
What is the plural of feedgrain?
The plural of feedgrain is feedgrains.

Words near feedgrain in the dictionary

  1. feedforward neural network
  2. feedforwarded
  3. feedforwarding
  4. feedforwardly
  5. feedforwards
  6. feedgrain
  7. feedgrains
  8. feedground
  9. feedgrounds
  10. feedhole
  11. feedholes

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