manger
- noun
- /ˈmeɪndʒər/
- At the farm, we built a new manger for the goats to eat from.
Are these expectant shapes hanging around Bethlehem like a, you know, Manger scene or something like that?
- Are these expectant shapes hanging around Bethlehem like a, you know, Manger scene or something like that?
- Jesus is born away in a Manger.
- It couldn't have been fun bringing a baby to birth in some animal crap infested Manger, right?
- That's a Manger and snow castles.
- The gospel writers have all this information about the Manger and you know, like the father, the mother, the Carpenter, all this biographical detail.
Examples
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The horses were fed from the manger in the barn every morning.
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Jesus was born in the manger not in the palace.
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See the baby Jesus, Lying in the manger
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You will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.
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Yet God once spoke to me out of the darkness... ...and a star led me to a village called Bethlehem... ...where I found a newborn child in a manger.
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The manger was filled with fresh hay for the cattle to enjoy.
Synonyms
A long open container for animal food or water
Idioms
- Offensive
A person who stops others from using something they neither want nor need
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Etymology
Manger comes from the French verb manger meaning 'to eat' and from the older French noun mangeoire meaning 'a place to eat'. So a manger is literally a 'feeding trough' where animals eat, which is why baby Jesus is often shown lying in a manger in nativity scenes.