Meaning & use
fodder
Coarse food, such as hay or straw, given to cattle and other livestock, or material used to feed something else.
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Farmers stored bales of fodder in the barn to feed the cattle through winter.
The politician's awkward comment provided endless fodder for late-night comedy shows for weeks.
A note on using this word
Fodder is frequently used figuratively, as in cannon fodder or fodder for gossip, to mean material that feeds a process.
Words with a similar meaning
feedforage
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