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fodder

[ fod-er ]
/ ˈfɒd ər /
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noun

coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.
people considered as readily available and of little value: cannon fodder.
raw material: fodder for a comedian's routine.

verb (used with object)

to feed with or as if with fodder.

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Words related to fodder

forage, food, hay, grain, corn, barley, grub, provisions, provender, straw, grass, meal, silage, pasturage, vittles

Words nearby fodder

focus group, focus puller, focused strategy, focusing cloth, focusing screen, fodder, fodderbeet, fodgel, foe, foefie slide, foehn

Origin of fodder

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

bulk feed for livestock, esp hay, straw, etc
raw experience or materialfodder for the imagination

verb

(tr) to supply (livestock) with fodder

Word Origin for fodder

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