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Fodder

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Noun

1. cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish

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

2. fodder

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

Verb

3. fodder

give fodder (to domesticated animals)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fodder

see synonyms of fodder
noun
1. 
bulk feed for livestock, esp hay, straw, etc
2. 
raw experience or material
fodder for the imagination
verb
3. (transitive)
to supply (livestock) with fodder

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Fodder

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noun
1. 
coarse food for cattle, horses, sheep, etc., as cornstalks, hay, and straw
2. 
a. 
something, esp. information, that is thought of as being in large supply and, often, inferior, raw or coarse, etc.
promotional fodder in mass media
b. 
the basis or basic material for something
fodder for celebrity gossip
verb transitive
3. 
to feed with fodder

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fodder

see synonyms of fodder
n.
1. Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.
2. Raw material, as for artistic creation.
3. A consumable, often inferior item or resource that is in demand and usually abundant supply: romantic novels intended as fodder for the pulp fiction market.
tr.v. fod·dered, fod·der·ing, fod·ders
To feed with fodder.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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