Definitions for fodderˈfɒd ər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fod•der*ˈfɒd ər(n.)

  1. coarse food for livestock.

  2. people considered as readily available and of little value:

    cannon fodder.

  3. raw material.

  4. (v.t.)to feed with or as if with fodder.

* Syn: See feed.

Origin of fodder:

bef. 1000; ME; OE fodder

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish(noun)

    soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

  2. fodder(verb)

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

  3. fodder(verb)

    give fodder (to domesticated animals)

Wiktionary

  1. fodder(Noun)

    Food for animals.

  2. fodder(Noun)

    A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 1/2 to 24 cwt (993 to 1222 kg).; a fodder.

  3. fodder(Noun)

    Tracing paper.

  4. fodder(Verb)

    To feed animals (with fodder).

  5. Origin: fōdor, from fōdran (compare voer 'pasture, fodder', Futter 'feed', foder), from *fōda 'food', from pat- 'to feed'. More at food.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fodder(noun)

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

  2. Fodder(noun)

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

  3. Fodder(u)

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


Translations for fodder

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

fodder(noun)

food for farm animals.

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