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fodder
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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.

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

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fodder - soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
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.fodderfodder - 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
Verb1.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"

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. Npienso m, forraje m
see also cannon C
B. CPD fodder grain Ncereales mpl forrajeros

fodder [ˈfɒdər] n (= animal food) → fourrage m

fodder
n (lit, fig)Futter nt

fodder [ˈfɒdəʳ] nforaggio
fodder [ˈfɒdəʳ] nforaggio

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)


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