'Fodder' definitions:
Definition of 'fodder'
From: WordNet
noun
Soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire [syn: cannon fodder, fodder, fresh fish]
noun
Coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
verb
Give fodder (to domesticated animals)
Definition of 'Fodder'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Fodder'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Fodder'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Fodder'
From: Easton
- 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").
Synonyms of 'fodder'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- barley,
- bed,
- bed down,
- bird seed,
- board,
- bran,
- bread,
- break,
- bridle,
- brush,
- cat food,
- chicken feed,
- chop,
- corn,
- curry,
- currycomb,
- dine,
- dog food,
- drench,
- eatage,
- ensilage,
- feed,
- forage,
- gentle,
- grain,
- grass,
- gratify,
- graze,
- groom,
- handle,
- harness,
- hay,
- hitch,
- litter,
- manage,
- mash,
- meal,
- meat,
- mess,
- milk,
- oats,
- pasturage,
- pasture,
- pet food,
- provender,
- provision,
- regale,
- rub down,
- saddle,
- satisfy,
- scratch,
- scratch feed,
- silage,
- slops,
- straw,
- sustain,
- swill,
- tame,
- tend,
- train,
- water,
- wheat,
- wine and dine,
- yoke