fodder
(noun) coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
fodder
(verb) give fodder (to domesticated animals)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fodder (countable and uncountable, plural fodders)
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
(historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
(slang, drafting, design) Tracing paper.
(figurative) Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
(cryptic crosswords) The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
• (animal food): forage, provender
• (cartload): See load
• (cartload): See load
fodder (third-person singular simple present fodders, present participle foddering, simple past and past participle foddered)
(dialect) To feed animals (with fodder).
• forded
Source: Wiktionary
Fod"der, n. Etym: [See 1st Fother.]
Definition: A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 [Obs.]
Fod"der, n. Etym: [AS. fdder, fddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr. fda food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. fr, Sw. & Dan. foder. sq. root75. See Food Land cf. Forage, Fur.]
Definition: That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
Fod"der, v.t. [imp.& p.p. Foddered (-drd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering.]
Definition: To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
