fodder

[ fod-er ]
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noun
  1. coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.

  2. people considered as readily available and of little value: cannon fodder.

  1. raw material: fodder for a comedian's routine.

verb (used with object)
  1. to feed with or as if with fodder.

Origin of fodder

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English fodder, fōdor; cognate with German Futter; akin to food

synonym study For fodder

1. See feed.

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British Dictionary definitions for fodder

fodder

/ (ˈfɒdə) /


noun
  1. bulk feed for livestock, esp hay, straw, etc

  2. raw experience or material: fodder for the imagination

verb
  1. (tr) to supply (livestock) with fodder

Origin of fodder

1
Old English fōdor; related to Old Norse fōthr, Old High German fuotar; see food, forage

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