Fodder
[fod-er] /ˈfɒd ər/
noun
1.
coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.
2.
people considered as readily available and of little value:
cannon fodder.
3.
raw material:
fodder for a comedian’s routine.
verb (used with object)
4.
to feed with or as if with fodder.
/ˈfɒdə/
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
n.
Old English fodder “food,” especially “food for cattle,” from Proto-Germanic *fodran (cf. Old Norse foðr, Middle Dutch voeder, Old High German fuotar, German Futter), from PIE *patrom, from *pa- “to feed” (see food).
Related Terms
bung fodder, cannon fodder
Heb. belil, (Job 6:5), meaning properly a mixture or medley (Lat. farrago), “made up of various kinds of grain, as wheat, barley, vetches, and the like, all mixed together, and then sown or given to cattle” (Job 24:6, A.V. “corn,” R.V. “provender;” Isa. 30:24, provender”).
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