roughage
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
Definition of roughage
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)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.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)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.
- (countable, uncountable)Coarse or rough plant material such as hay and silage used as animal fodder.
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(countable, uncountable)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.
“I keep telling her not to eat all that roughage for brekky; prunes, bran, and baked beans.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From rough (“not smooth; crude, unrefined”) + -age (suffix forming nouns with the sense of appurtenance or collection).
Words you can make from roughage
110 playable · top: HOGGER (11 pts)
Best play hogger 11 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
18 words4-letter words
35 words- HOGG 9 pts
- ARGH 8 pts
- AUGH 8 pts
- HUGE 8 pts
- HARE 7 pts
- HEAR 7 pts
- HERO 7 pts
- HOAR 7 pts
- HOER 7 pts
- HORA 7 pts
- HOUR 7 pts
- RHEA 7 pts
- AGOG 6 pts
- GAGE 6 pts
- GROG 6 pts
- RAGG 6 pts
- AGER 5 pts
- AGRO 5 pts
- AGUE 5 pts
- AREG 5 pts
- ERGO 5 pts
- GAUR 5 pts
- GEAR 5 pts
- GOER 5 pts
- GORE 5 pts
- GRUE 5 pts
- GUAR 5 pts
- OGRE 5 pts
- RAGE 5 pts
- RUGA 5 pts
- URGE 5 pts
- AERO 4 pts
- EURO 4 pts
- ROUE 4 pts
- UREA 4 pts
3-letter words
36 words- HAG 7 pts
- HOG 7 pts
- HUG 7 pts
- UGH 7 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HUE 6 pts
- RAH 6 pts
- RHO 6 pts
- EGG 5 pts
- GAG 5 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- AGO 4 pts
- EGO 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GOA 4 pts
- GOR 4 pts
- ORG 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RUG 4 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
2-letter words
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