Stover Meaning
/ˈstəʊ.və/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounFodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
nounStalks and leaves, not including grain, of certain forages
Sentence Examples
The farmer used the corn stover as a type of animal feed.
Stover is the dried stalks and leaves of a crop after harvest.
The farmer used dry corn stover as bedding for the cows.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the corn harvest, the farmer collected the dry ____ to feed the cattle during winter.
Word Origin & History
From Anglo-Norman estovers (“necessities”) via Middle English estover (“allowance”), ultimately from Latin est opus (“there is need”). Compare estover.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep,
And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep; […]"
— 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
"Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground."
— 2012 August 24, George Monbiot, Guardian Weekly, page 20:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the corn harvest, the farmer collected the dry ____ to feed the cattle during winter.