fodder
fodder
Definition
fod·der (fäd′ər)
noun
- coarse food for cattle, horses, sheep, etc., as cornstalks, hay, and straw
- something, esp. information, that is thought of as being in large supply and, often, inferior, raw or coarse, etc. promotional fodder in mass media
- the basis or basic material for something fodder for celebrity gossip
Etymology: ME < OE fodor (akin to Ger futter) < base of foda, food
transitive verb
to feed with fodder
fodder
Synonyms
fodder
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- dry: At least 60 % of the dry matter in daily rations is to consist of roughage, fresh or dried fodder, or silage.
- fill: If it's just some tasty filling fodder you're after, try Pizza Express or Ask.
Preposition: for
- livestock: They are there to provide winter fodder for the farm livestock, especially cattle.
- cattle: It was taken as fodder for the cattle and to feed the pigs.
Adjective modifier
- tabloid: While she was never exactly tabloid fodder, focus inevitably shifted to her personal life.
- mere: Back then the overnight parcel delivery company - with its £ 40m sales and £ 5m profits - had been mere flotation fodder.
- perfect: Scottish Dance Theater will appear with Highland, something the artistic director calls " perfect Fringe fodder " .
- animal: The summer season was also shorter, which meant that less crops could be grown for animal fodder to last over a longer winter.
- usual: In other words they're the usual teen fodder we've come to expect from genre offerings like this.
- ideal: You'd think this would be ideal technical blog fodder wouldn't you... ?
Modifies a noun
- beet: These studies indicate a greater removal of potash by fodder beet in practice than existing standards allow for.
- legume: The rice-wheat rotation has led to the displacement of grain and fodder legumes capable of enriching soil fertility.
- maize: The area is however increasing with the main crop being fodder maize.
- crop: They were first used as a winter fodder crop for cattle and only began being consumed by man during times of hunger.
Noun used with modifier
- cannon: You were betrayed by your group - cannon fodder to trigger the trap they knew had been set for them.
- relegation: Written off as relegation fodder after three successive defeats, victory over Nottingham Forest was Pool's only hope.
- canon: The peasantry were also called upon as canon fodder in times of war.
- cattle: Rather than burn field stubble, farmers could mix the organic residue with nutrients to make cattle fodder.
- lobby: You obviously have a disregard for democracy after allowing yourself to be used as lobby fodder for Tony Blair.
- winter: For some, the need is for a bigger hay harvest to boost winter fodder reserves.
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