fodder

Plural: fodders

Noun

• soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
• coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
• Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
• A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
• Tracing paper.
• Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
• The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
• People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.

Verb

Verb Forms: foddered, foddering, fodders

• To provide livestock with food, especially coarse, dry food.
• give fodder (to domesticated animals)
• To feed animals (with fodder).

Examples

• cannon fodder
• He had to fodder his opponent with low-scoring words, waiting for a better opportunity.
• Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.

Synonyms

cannon fodder, fresh fish, forage, load, provender

Anagrams of fodder