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fodder

fod·der

UK/ˈfɒdə/ US/ˈfɔdə/ uncommon slang
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

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

verb

1.

give fodder (to domesticated animals)

Origin

From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer (“pasture; fodder”), German Futter (“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder. More at food.

Phrases

  • background fodder
  • cannon fodder
  • fodder melon
  • fodder radish
  • jail fodder
  • lobby fodder

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