fodder
noun
coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.
fodders
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pluralof fodder.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof fodder (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
foddernouncoarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.
Example Sentences
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That there is in the State an enormous area of land which is eminently adaptable to the growing of fodders necessary for successful dairying has been amply demonstrated.
From Australia, The Dairy Country by Australia. Dept. of External Affairs
The weight of lead was estimated at 180 fodders, i.e., about 190 tons.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé
The grain goes futher when he fodders in that air way.
From Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier by M. A. Cornelius
They love the stack and hay-barn in the distant field, where the farmer fodders his cattle upon the snow, and every red-root, ragweed, or pigweed left standing in the fall adds to their winter stores.
From Birds and Poets : with Other Papers by John Burroughs
This same principle applies in lesser degree to many green fodders that are more suitable as feed for animals, as silage, green rye, rape, etc.
From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by H. L. (Harry Luman) Russell
