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/ˈfɒdə/ · noun
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc..
The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd, the shepherd for food follows not the sheep.
Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19 1/2 hundreds, that is it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times.
According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse Of Horror III,” some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse Of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof.
In (part of) Shelley's poem Ozymandias is a "crumbling statue". If this is the explanation then the clue is not a reverse cryptic in the same was^([sic]) as GEGS -> SCRAMBLED EGGS but a normal clue where where^([sic]) the fodder and anagrind are *both* indirect.
Insane Roman! (4) […] Look in -sane Roman and you'll uncover NERO, the insane Roman. Dovetailing the signpost — in — with the hidden fodder — sane Roman — is inspired, an embedded style of signposting.
Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.
cannon fodder
The Russian government was not interested in who will pay the mortgage or take care of his pregnant wife. It simply wanted more fodder for its war.
Use fodder when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fodder means Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc..
Common synonyms include load, forage, provender.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd, the shepherd for food follows not the sheep.
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