fodder

  • 21fodder — fod•der [[t]ˈfɒd ər[/t]] n. 1) coarse food for livestock 2) people considered as readily available and of little value: cannon fodder[/ex] 3) raw material 4) to feed with or as if with fodder • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE fodder syn: See feed …

    From formal English to slang

  • 22fodder — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fōdor; akin to Old High German fuotar food more at food Date: before 12th century 1. something fed to domestic animals; especially coarse food for cattle, horses, or sheep 2. inferior or readily… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23fodder — noun Fodder is used before these nouns: ↑crop Fodder is used after these nouns: ↑cannon …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 24fodder — noun 1》 food for cattle and other livestock. 2》 a person or thing regarded only as material for a specific use: young people ending up as factory fodder. verb give fodder to (cattle or other livestock). Origin OE fōdor, of Gmc origin; related to… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 25fodder — noun a) Food for animals. Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19 1/2 hundreds, that is it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times. b) A weight by which lead and some other metals were… …

    Wiktionary

  • 26fódder — 1. n (fóddres/ ) fodder, food; darnel, tares; 2. n (fóddres/ ) case, sheath …

    Old to modern English dictionary

  • 27Fodder — Fod|der das; s, <aus gleichbed. engl. fodder, eigtl. »Last; Fuhre, Wagenladung«> Maßeinheit der Masse für Blei in Großbritannien (= 990,06 kg) …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 28fodder — noun (C, U) food for farm animals see also: cannon fodder …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29fodder — pašaras statusas Aprobuotas sritis pašarai apibrėžtis Natūralus, šviežias arba konservuotas augalinis ar gyvūninis produktas, iš jo pramoniniu būdu gautas produktas, taip pat šalutinis maisto produktas, skirti gyvūnams šerti tiesiogiai arba juos… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 30fodder — pašaras statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Natūralus, šviežias arba konservuotas augalinis ar gyvūninis produktas, iš jo pramoniniu būdu gautas produktas, taip pat šalutinis maisto produktas, skirti gyvūnams šerti tiesiogiai… …

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