Provender

Noun

 * 1) Food, especially for livestock.
 * 2) An edible material that provides sustenance.

Thesaurus
aliment, barley, bird seed, board, bran, bread, bread and butter, canned foods, cat food, cheer, chicken feed, chop, chow, comestibles, commissariat, commissary, corn, creature comfort, cuisine, daily bread, dehydrated foods, dog food, eatables, eatage, eats, edibles, ensilage, fare, fast food, feast, feed, fodder, food, food and drink, food supply, foodstuff, foodstuffs, forage, fresh foods, frozen foods, grain, groceries, grocery, grub, hay, health food, ingesta, junk food, kitchen stuff, larder, mash, meal, meat, merchandise, nourishment, nurture, oats, pasturage, pasture, pet food, provision, provisions, rations, scratch, scratch feed, silage, slops, spread, stores, straw, supplies, sustenance, swill, table, tucker, viands, victuals, vittles, wheat

Etymology
< provendre: <  provendre:, var. of provende: < praebenda:; see prebend.