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How to pronounce manger in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms trough
Type of container
Has types bunk, feed bunk

Examples of manger

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Christ's absence is significant however, never mind the odd Mekong-style manger.
From the economist.com
Manger, who is crafting the proposal with his senior staff, declined to comment.
From the washingtonpost.com
Still, cool-customer manger Charlie Manuel wouldn't let the media see him sweat.
From the delawareonline.com
Thankfully there were none, so I wiped off Jesus and put him back in the manger.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Conservatives joke that Obama was born in a manger, but even miracles take time.
From the newsweek.com
Manger said the suspect held the hostages in the lobby area of the first floor.
From the dailyherald.com
The manger then deflects blame from his own ineptitude and failings onto Flynn.
From the thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
Down on stage, a crowd gathers in the manger around Mary, Joseph and an infant.
From the kansas.com
He was born in a manger near the rail of Churchill Downs with a whip in his hand.
From the suntimes.com
More examples
  • A container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
  • A manger is a trough or box of carved stone or wood construction used to hold food for animals (as in a stable). Mangers are mostly used in livestock raising. They are also used to feed wild animals, e.g., in nature reserves. ...
  • A trough for animals to eat from
  • A trough for food for horses or cattle (used by Mary as a cradle or bed for Jesus)
  • (Luk 2:7, Luk 2:12, Luk 2:16), the name (Gr. phatne , rendered "stall" in Luk 13:15) given to the place where the infant Redeemer was laid. It seems to have been a stall or crib for feeding cattle. Stables and mangers in our modern sense were in ancient times unknown in the East. ...
  • A small space in the bows of a ship astern of the hawsepipes and enclosed by a coaming to prevent water that came in the hawsepipes from running along the deck.
  • A small triangular area in the bow of a warship in which animals are kept.
  • Usually found in a barn or stable, a manger is a box made of wood or stone that is used to feed animals. Luke 2, verse 7 tells us that after Jesus was born, his mother Mary wrapped him in swaddling clothes and placed him in a manger because there was no room at the inn.