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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
manger
noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dog in the manger
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Arthur as a baby, asleep in the manger straw.
▪ Joseph and Mary with their newborn son lying in a manger.
▪ People thronged to the midnight service, as if the manger were the last way station on earth.
▪ The situation Imagine that you are the manger with three supervisors reporting to you.
▪ The Virgin's shawl is of a distinctly baroque blue and the manger itself is full of plump Midwestern wheat stalks.
▪ They met the gang of shepherds going west and all went in together and knelt down at the manger.
▪ When I examined the manger where the feed had been put, I found oats and bran.
▪ Your manger had a hunch that you were the culprit, so she winged you.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
manger

manger \man"ger\, n. [F. mangeoire, fr. manger to eat, fr. L. manducare, fr. mandere to chew. Cf. Mandible, Manducate.]

  1. A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.

    And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
    --Luke 2: 7

  2. (Naut.) The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running over it.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
manger

early 14c., from Old French mangeoire "crib, manger," from mangier "to eat" (see mange) + -oire, common suffix for implements and receptacles.

Wiktionary
manger

n. A trough for animals to eat from.

WordNet
manger

n. a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed [syn: trough]

Wikipedia
Manger

__NOTOC__ A manger, or trough, is a structure used to hold food to feed animals. The word manger originally referred to a feed-trough, but it may also be used to refer to a water-trough when this is not being used possibly because it is similar to an abreuvoir. Mangers are generally found at stables and farmhouses. A manger is generally made of either stone or wood or metal. Mangers are mostly used in livestock raising.

They are also used to feed wild animals, e.g., in nature reserves. The word comes from the French manger (meaning "to eat"), from Latin manducare (meaning "to chew").

A manger is also a Christian symbol, associated with nativity scenes where Mary, forced by necessity to stay in a stable instead of an inn, used a manger as a makeshift bed for the baby Jesus. ( phatnē; Luke 2:7).

Manger (disambiguation)

A manger is a trough or box of carved stone or wood construction used to hold food for animals.

Manger may also refer to:

Manger (municipality)

Manger is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1964. Upon its dissolution in 1964, it encompassed . The municipality originally included almost all of the island of Radøy, the northern part of the island of Holsnøy, and all the islands of Øygarden. Over time, the municipality was reduced in size several times, so that by 1964, it was just the central part of Radøy island. The administrative centre was the village of Manger where Manger Church is located.

Usage examples of "manger".

Comme il se dirigeait vers la salle a manger qui faisait suite au hall, sa femme le retint.

The gloom on the quarter-deck seeped forward, reaching as far as the goat-house, the manger, and even the hawse-holes themselves.

The dog slunk into a corner and hid beneath a manger and lay there growling softly, but I could tell that the beast was not overly brave, or else it would never have lived to be so gray.

Then, as Whitey had dragged the remains of the branch from the manger to the floor of the stall, Sam scrambled to the top of the manger and looked over.

About Grandmere and the incident at Les Hautes Manger last night, I mean.

Grandmere into talking the owner of Les Hautes Manger into hiring Jangbu back.

Les Hautes Manger to show their solidarity with Jangbu Pinasa, the employee who was dismissed from Les Hautes Manger last night after an incident involving the Dowager Princess of Genovia.

Jangbu Pinasa, a fellow busboy who was dismissed from the four-star uptown brasserie, Les Hautes Manger, last Thursday night after a run-in involving the Dowager Princess of Genovia.

Abbie tied the lead rope to one of the manger rings, then removed the blanket and handed it over the manger to Ben.

She gave the filly a final hug and crawled over the manger to join the others.

Barbares ne regardent comme des hommes que ceux qui peuvent le plus manger et boire.

Alucius replaced the brushes in their leather case, then checked the manger and the grain and water.

He found some little water for the gray, and then, hoping the gray would eat what was left in the manger while he was briefly gone, hurried to collect his gear from the barracks bay.

With a deep breath, he slipped the sash out of the manger and brushed away the loose straw, then eased it over his uniform tunic.

He also left the sash and empty dispatch case in the manger under the straw.