broyage

French

Etymology

From broyer +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

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Noun

broyage m (plural broyages)

1. grinding, crushing, macerating
   • 28 January 2020, Le Monde, "La France veut interdire la castration à vif des porcelets et le broyage des poussins à la fin de 2021"

     ’France wants to ban the live castration of piglets and the crushing of chicks at the end of 2021’

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Derived terms

• broyat

Further reading

• “broyage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.