Definition of Chicken feed

1. Noun. Dry mash for poultry.

Exact synonyms: Scratch
Generic synonyms: Mash

2. Noun. An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant.

Definition of Chicken feed

1. Noun. Food (usually grain) given to poultry. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic) A very small or insignificant quantity, especially of money. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chicken Feed

chicken broth
chicken burger
chicken cacciatora
chicken cacciatore
chicken cannon
chicken cannons
chicken colonel
chicken coop
chicken coops
chicken cordon bleu
chicken drumstick
chicken embryo lethal orphan virus
chicken farm
chicken fat clot
chicken feed (current term)
chicken fillet
chicken guinea
chicken gun
chicken hawks
chicken leg
chicken legs
chicken liver
chicken louse
chicken manure
chicken mousse
chicken nugget
chicken nuggets
chicken of the woods

Literary usage of Chicken feed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Farm Shop Work: Practical Manual Training by George Marshall Brace, Dexter Dwight Mayne (1915)
"Care must i be taken to use no more lumber than is necessary. For the two ends you need FIG. 52. — ENDS op chicken feed Box. a board 10^" ..."

2. History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many by Duane Hamilton Hurd (1883)
"... ten tons of fertilizer, three thousand pounds of chicken feed, three thousand pounds of pigs' feet, four thousand pounds of tripe, etc. ..."

3. All about the Farm by Jo Ellen Moore (2005)
"3. Then children use glue or tape to attach the chicken to the folded edge of the paper plate. 4. Children feed their chicken by sprinkling "chicken feed" ..."

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