fodder

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: cannon fodderfresh fish

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fireSynonyms: cannon fodderfresh fish
  2. coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

Verb (1)

  1. give fodder (to domesticated animals)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), n. [AS. f[=o]dder, f[=o]ddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr. f[=o]da food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. f[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. foder. [root]75. See Food and cf. Forage, Fur.] That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc. [1913 Webster]
Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foddered (f[o^]d"d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering.] To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc. [1913 Webster]
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