"roughage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹʌfɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-roughage.wav [Southern-England], En-us-roughage.oga [General-American] Forms: roughages [plural]
Etymology: From rough (“not smooth; crude, unrefined”) + -age (suffix forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃rewk-}}, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{suffix|en|rough|age|pos2=suffix forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection|t1=not smooth; crude, unrefined}} rough (“not smooth; crude, unrefined”) + -age (suffix forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} roughage (countable and uncountable, plural roughages)
  1. Originally (archaic), garbage, rubbish, or waste; later (agriculture) the portions of a crop which are discarded, such as husks, stalks, etc.; also, agricultural waste such as weeds. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-roughage-en-noun-2AQ4Ywnc
  2. (agriculture) Coarse or rough plant material such as hay and silage used as animal fodder. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Agriculture Synonyms: roughness [US] Translations (coarse or rough plant material used as animal fodder): груб/твърд материал (grub/tvǎrd material) (Bulgarian), rouhe (Finnish), karkearehu (Finnish), silppu (Finnish), Raufutter (english: farming) [neuter] [ecology, biology, natural-sciences] (German)
    Sense id: en-roughage-en-noun-8umpOifP Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'coarse or rough plant material used as animal fodder': 3 91 7
  3. (nutrition) Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract; dietary fibre. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nutrition Translations (substances which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract — see also dietary fibre): रुक्षांश (rukṣāñś) (Hindi), रफ़ेज (rafej) [masculine] (Hindi), pelawas (Malay), رفیج (rafej) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-roughage-en-noun-lqWNZUCj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 22 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 24 22 54 Disambiguation of 'substances which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract — see also dietary fibre': 8 5 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ruffage [archaic] Derived forms: nonroughage

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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "grub/tvǎrd material",
      "sense": "coarse or rough plant material used as animal fodder",
      "word": "груб/твърд материал"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coarse or rough plant material used as animal fodder",
      "word": "rouhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coarse or rough plant material used as animal fodder",
      "word": "karkearehu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coarse or rough plant material used as animal fodder",
      "word": "silppu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "farming",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coarse or rough plant material used as animal fodder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ecology",
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "Raufutter"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rukṣāñś",
      "sense": "substances which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract — see also dietary fibre",
      "word": "रुक्षांश"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rafej",
      "sense": "substances which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract — see also dietary fibre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "रफ़ेज"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "substances which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract — see also dietary fibre",
      "word": "pelawas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "rafej",
      "sense": "substances which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract — see also dietary fibre",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رفیج"
    }
  ],
  "word": "roughage"
}

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