What does fodder mean?

Definitions for fodder
ˈfɒd ərfod·der

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fishnoun

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

  2. fodderverb

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

  3. fodderverb

    give fodder (to domesticated animals)

Wiktionary

  1. foddernoun

    Food for animals.

  2. foddernoun

    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. foddernoun

    Tracing paper.

  4. fodderverb

    To feed animals (with fodder).

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. FODDERnoun

    Dry food stored up for cattle against Winter.

    Etymology: foðre, foðer, Saxon.

    Their cattle, starving for want of fodder, corrupted the air. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

    Being not to be raised without wintering, they will help to force men into improvement of land by a necessity of fodder. William Temple.

    Of grass and fodder thou defraud’st the dams,
    And of their mothers dugs the starving lambs. John Dryden, Virgil.

  2. To Fodderverb

    To feed with dry food.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Natural earth is taken the first half spit from just under the turf of the best pasture ground, in a place that has been well foddered on. John Evelyn, Kalendar.

    From Winter keep,
    Well fodder’d in the stalls, thy tender sheep. John Dryden, Virgil.

    A farm of fifty pound hath commonly three barns, with as many cowyards to fodder cattle in. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

    Straw will do well enough to fodder with. John Mortimer, Husb.

Wikipedia

  1. Fodder

    Fodder (), also called provender (), is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, rabbits, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs. "Fodder" refers particularly to food given to the animals (including plants cut and carried to them), rather than that which they forage for themselves (called forage). Fodder includes hay, straw, silage, compressed and pelleted feeds, oils and mixed rations, and sprouted grains and legumes (such as bean sprouts, fresh malt, or spent malt). Most animal feed is from plants, but some manufacturers add ingredients to processed feeds that are of animal origin. The worldwide animal feed trade produced 873 million tons of feed (compound feed equivalent) in 2011, fast approaching 1 billion tonnes according to the International Feed Industry Federation, with an annual growth rate of about 2%. The use of agricultural land to grow feed rather than human food can be controversial (see food vs. feed); some types of feed, such as corn (maize), can also serve as human food; those that cannot, such as grassland grass, may be grown on land that can be used for crops consumed by humans. In many cases the production of grass for cattle fodder is a valuable intercrop between crops for human consumption, because it builds the organic matter in the soil. When evaluating if this soil organic matter increase mitigates climate change, both permanency of the added organic matter as well as emissions produced during use of the fodder product have to be taken into account. Some agricultural byproducts fed to animals may be considered unsavory by humans.

ChatGPT

  1. fodder

    Fodder refers to food or feed, typically composed of hay, straw, or grain, given to livestock as sustenance. It can also be used metaphorically to describe something or someone that is used, exploited, or sacrificed for a particular purpose or advantage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Foddernoun

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

  2. Foddernoun

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

  3. Fodder

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

  4. Etymology: [See 1st Fother.]

Wikidata

  1. Fodder

    Fodder or animal feed is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, goats, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs. Most animal feed is from plants, but some is of animal origin. "Fodder" refers particularly to food given to the animals, rather than that which they forage for themselves. It includes hay, straw, silage, compressed and pelleted feeds, oils and mixed rations, and sprouted grains and legumes. The worldwide animal feed industry consumed 635 million tons of feed in 2006, with an annual growth rate of about 2%. The use of agricultural land to grow feed rather than human food can be controversial; some types of feed, such as corn, can also serve as human food; those that cannot, such as grassland grass, may be grown on land that can be used for crops consumed by humans. Some agricultural byproducts fed to animals may be considered unsavory by human consumers.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Fodder

    fod′ėr, n. food for cattle, as hay and straw.—v.t. to supply with fodder.—ns. Fodd′erer; Fodd′ering. [A.S. fódor; Ger. futter.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. fodder

    See Forage.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fodder in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fodder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of fodder in a Sentence

  1. Snoop Dogg:

    [If the shooter had been a Muslim] the NRA would use it as fodder for propaganda to scare dumb racists into buying more guns.

  2. Mathew Rosengart:

    This is overblown sensational tabloid fodder -- nothing more than a fabricated' he said she said' regarding a cell phone, with no striking and obviously no injury whatsoever, anyone can make an accusation, but this should have been closed immediately.

  3. Paul Mumford:

    Many roads are closed so we can't get fodder to farmers who need feed, the fires have primarily killed the youngest in the herd. It will take years to rebuild.

  4. Ayn Rand:

    So long as [men] hold the tribal notion that the individual is sacrificial fodder for the collective, that some men have the right to rule others by force, and that some (any) alleged 'good' can justify it -- there can be no peace within a nation and no peace among nations.

  5. Albert Rizzo:

    Even without Covid, we've been concerned that climate change that leads to hotter environments, and droughts, is fodder for wildfires to occur.

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