fodder

[Fod·der]

Fodder is cheap food, usually given to livestock animals like cows. If you gave a cow caviar or homemade scones, that would not be fodder. Try cornstalks.

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A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19

Noun
coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

Verb
give fodder (to domesticated animals)


n.
A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother.

n.
That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

v.t.
To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.


Fodder

Fod"der , n. [See 1st Fother.] A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 [Obs.]

Fodder

Fod"der , n. [AS. f?dder, f?ddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr. f?da food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. f??r, Sw. & Dan. foder. &root;75. See Food Land cf. Forage, Fur.] That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

Fodder

Fod"der , v.t. [imp.& p.p. Foddered (-d?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering.] To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19

That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

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Usage Examples

I like the idea of dating, but I'm not dating anyone exclusively, particularly right now. It's hard to be in a relationship unless you're ready to go public with it. So it's a lot easier for me to not be in a relationship. I really don't want that part of my life to be tabloid fodder.

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Other Usage Examples

The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel, even as the surrounding Arab powers distract the Arab masses with the red herring of Israel while retarding their countries with their repression and corruption.

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