Fodder

Quick meaning: Fodder is a noun meaning Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

Meaning

Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
2. (crosswording) The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
3. People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.
4. (dialect) To feed animals (with fodder).
5. (slang, drafting, design) Tracing paper.
6. (historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.

Example Sentences

cannon fodder

Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.

The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd, the shepherd for food follows not the sheep.

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.

Word Forms

• fodders
• foddering
• foddered

Synonyms for fodder

Depending on context, synonyms include load, forage, provender.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include forage, provender, feedstuff, stover, hay, silage.

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