fodder

fod·der  (fdr)

n.

1. Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.

2. Raw material, as for artistic creation.

3. A consumable, often inferior item or resource that is in demand and usually abundant supply: romantic novels intended as fodder for the pulp fiction market.

tr.v. fod·dered, fod·der·ing, fod·ders

To feed with fodder.

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[Middle English, from Old English fdor; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

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fodder [ˈfɒdə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) bulk feed for livestock, esp hay, straw, etc.

2. raw experience or material fodder for the imagination

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to supply (livestock) with fodder

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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fodder - soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire cannon fodder, fresh fish colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
	2.	fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop feed, provender - food for domestic livestock eatage, forage, pasturage, pasture, grass - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle alfalfa - leguminous plant grown for hay or forage horse bean, broad bean - a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder hay - grass mowed and cured for use as fodder stover - the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested
Verb	1.	fodder - give fodder (to domesticated animals) feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

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fodder

noun feed, food, rations, tack (informal), foodstuff, kai (N.Z. informal), forage, victuals, provender, vittles (obsolete or dialect) fodder for horses

Translations

fodder [ˈfɒdəʳ]

A. N → pienso m, forraje m
see also cannon C

B. CPD fodder grain N → cereales mpl forrajeros

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fodder [ˈfɒdə^r] n (= animal food) → fourrage m

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fodder

n (lit, fig) → Futter nt

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fodder [ˈfɒdəʳ] n → foraggio

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fodder [ˈfɒdəʳ] n → foraggio

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fodder

n fodder [ˈfodə]

food for farm animals. voer; veevoer عَلَف ، كَلأ фураж krmivo foder das Futter ζωοτροφή pienso, forraje sööt خوراک دام rehu fourrage מִספּוֹא पशुओं का चारा krma (za stoku) takarmány makanan ternak skepnufóður foraggio 飼料 마초, 꼴, 사료 pašaras lopbarība makanan ternak voeder fôr pasza forragem furaj фураж krmivo krma stočna hrana foder อาหารสัตว์ เช่น ฟาง hayvan yemi 飼料 корм, фураж چارہ cỏ khô (cho súc vật ăn) 饲料