noun
manger
MAYN-juh
noun
1
An open trough that holds feed for horses or cattle.
"The farmer filled the manger with fresh hay before dawn."
"In the nativity scene, the baby is laid in a manger."
How to Use Manger
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA feeding trough for farm animals, most familiar from the Christmas nativity story.
Common pairings
a manger scene
hay in the manger
Word Forms
mangers plural, Mangers plural
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Etymology
From Old French mangeoire, from mangier, "to eat" — the same root that gives modern French manger.