grazeable
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4.2
Land that animals like cows and sheep can eat
- adjective
- /ˈɡreɪzəbl/
- Specialized
:
pastoreable
- The newly seeded field looked promising, and soon it would be grazeable for the sheep.
Examples
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Some early-planted wheat was already up and grazeable by late October.
Blog text (3) -
Most of the state's wheat got a boost from late-summer and early fall rains, with much of the crop emerged, and some already grazeable, Waller said.
Blog text (3) -
The pasture was lush and grazeable, making it ideal for the cows.
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After a good rain, the grass became grazeable, allowing the livestock to feed.
Surface Forms
grazeable positive
Morphology
Etymology
Grazeable comes from the word graze, meaning 'eat grass', plus the ending -able, meaning 'can be'. So grazeable describes land that animals like cows or sheep 'can be' fed on — land fit for grazing.