roughage

Significado (inglés)

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.
2. Coarse or rough plant material such as hay and silage used as animal fodder.
3. 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.

Sinónimos

fiber

coarse fare

feed

grazing

hay

staple

staple fibre

string

🪢

staple fiber

fibre

lare

dietary fiber

cellulose

dietary fibre

dietary fiber

Guionizado como

rough‧age

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɹʌfɪd͡ʒ/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From rough (“not smooth; crude, unrefined”) + -age (suffix forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection).