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Coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
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fodder
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc. 2 (context: historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), n. [See 1st Fother .] A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 191/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fodder , a type of animal feed , is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock , such as cattle , goats , sheep , horses , chickens and pigs . "Fodder" refers particularly to food given to the animals (including plants cut ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cannon fodder COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN cannon ▪ Children will be cannon fodder to boost a school's image. ▪ Between them the eight runners had won three races; they were racing's cannon fodder . ▪ If all three ...
Usage examples of fodder.
Jinks, appearing to be aware of the existence of Fodder for the first time.
Ralph perfected the reconciliation by declaring that Fodder was the most vicious and dangerous of animals, and that no one could rationally wonder at his conduct on this occasion.
And tying Fodder to the pump, he pushed aside the under-tunics which depended from lines, and were fluttering in the wind, and so made his entrance into the dwelling.
As they walked on Ryder and Ali discussed how best to maintain a constant supply of fodder to keep their charges nourished and healthy.
I believe that there is not sufficient good fodder to feed the camels for the heavy work they must do.
In the middle of the next afternoon they couched the camels in the lengthening shadow of a small volcanic hillock and fed them on the fodder they had cut on the riverbank.
Refreshed by the copious draughts of water and the fodder they had eaten they paced out strongly.
They brought up fodder, fresh camels and the provisions we were lacking.
I must provide fodder and provisions along the road, pay the guards at the border.
I will bring six strong fresh camels all provisioned with waterskins, fodder and food.
While the herders cut fodder from the riverbank and carried it back in bundles to feed the mules, the servants erected a large dining and sitting tent and two smaller sleeping tents.
Without those two friendships, she would be either mindless magic fodder in the Warrens or already dead.
Mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, innocent and guilty, pure and evil, all became fodder that fed the swelling seas, the blazing storms.
Human food was becoming short and bird fodder so scarce that even horses were sacrificed.
Further back came ambulances and more carts, some carrying field kitchens and provisions, many more loaded with fodder for the animals involved in this punitive expedition.