verb

kibble

To grind or break grain or food into coarse pieces.

The miller kibbles the grain into coarse pieces for animal feed.

Etymology

The grain-processing verb names coarse breaking or grinding. Its deeper origin is uncertain, so no separate historical root should be inferred from the later pet-food noun.

More examples

We kibble the barley before adding it to the soup.
The machine kibbled the corn without turning it into flour.
This mill is designed for kibbling wheat and other grains.

Forms

kibble · kibbles · kibbled · kibbling

Similar words

grind: Can produce fine powder rather than specifically coarse pieces.
crush: Emphasizes pressure and does not specify the resulting particle size.
crack: For grain, emphasizes splitting kernels rather than grinding them.