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roughage

How to use roughage in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for roughage.

Editorial note

No, there has to be roughage mixed in.

Examples13
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

Meaning at a glance

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noun

coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for roughage.

noun

coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

Example sentences

1

No, there has to be roughage mixed in.

2

" "Hmm, how many servings of roughage do you eat per day?

3

I think my own guts definitely need roughage.

4

Lettuce, like most leafy greens used in salads, is mostly roughage.

5

Such roughage isn’t befitting of my new vinegar.

6

Beans yield about 6M and wheat 4M. My guess is you are growing and giving away about 600k kcals of roughage.

7

Include fruit and vegetables, especially roughage, in as many meals as you can.

8

Does it matter, to a cricket, whether it dies so you can put it on your supper plate, or merely so you can fill said plate with roughage?

9

Honestly this doesn’t bother me much, tomato sauce is going to be more nutritional than the raw tomatoes that went into it. It’s just not roughage.

10

There's pretty clear evidence that most American's don't eat nearly enough roughage.

11

So somehow a few drops of leftover meat-liquid micro/macronutrients create more damage than roughage and seeds and such?

12

Is he really shelling out for every git operation, or are those binaries just extra roughage for technical users?

13

How are you going to raise meat in the future when there is nowhere left to raise it?Part of this "efficiency" is to stop taking grain/roughage and running it through an animal's metabolism in order to produce protein for human consumption.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use roughage in a sentence?

No, there has to be roughage mixed in.

What does roughage mean?

coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

What part of speech is roughage?

roughage is commonly used as noun.