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- Dictionaryfodder/ˈfɒdə/
noun
- 1. food, especially dried hay or straw, for cattle and other livestock.
verb
- 1. give fodder to (cattle or other livestock): "the animals need foddering"
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FODDER definition: 1. food that is given to cows, horses, and other farm animals 2. people or things that are useful…. Learn more.
1. : something fed to domestic animals. especially : coarse food for cattle, horses, or sheep. 2. : inferior or readily available material used to supply a heavy demand. fodder for tabloids. This sort of breezy plot line has become cheap fodder for novelists and screenwriters … Sally Bedell. fodder transitive verb. Examples of fodder in a Sentence.
fodder noun [U] (USEFUL PEOPLE/THINGS) people or things that are useful for the stated purpose: fodder for Politicians are always good fodder for comedians (= they make jokes about them). See. cannon fodder. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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.
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.
coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum. people considered as readily available and of little value: cannon fodder. raw material: fodder for a comedian's routine.
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. Fodder is not just used to describe cattle feed.
