roughage

Plural: roughages

Noun

• Coarse, indigestible fibrous material in food; dietary fiber.
• coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
• 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.
• Coarse or rough plant material such as hay and silage used as animal fodder.
• 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.

Examples

• His tile rack was full of ROUGHAGE – too many consonants, no vowels.

Synonyms

fiber, roughness

Antonyms

nonroughage