fodder

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
2. (countable, historical, uncountable) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
3. (countable, slang, uncountable) Tracing paper.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
5. (countable, uncountable) The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
6. (countable, uncountable) People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.

Verb

To feed animals (with fodder).

Synonyms

forage

feed

provender

food

🍽️

pasture

grass

hay

greens

husk

cannon fodder

fresh fish

feedstuff

herb

🌿

animal feed

meadow

meadow grass

meal

nourish

nourishment

nurse

nurture

pabulum

pigswill

pod

provisions

slop

stover

straw

weed

weeds

eatage

oil cake

cattle corn

aliment

animal foodstuff

bait

barley

bran

browse

chow

fare

feeding

fodder plant

graze

hull

keeping

lure

mash

Translations

fourrage

forraje

Futter

foraggio

pasto

forragem

pienso

verdure

Weide

χορτονομή

pascolo

mangime

Futterpflanze

ζωοτροφή

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɒdə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fodder

Inherited from Old English: fōdor

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Fodder

Cognate with Western Frisian: foer

Cognate with Dutch: voer

Cognate with German: Futter

Cognate with Danish: foder

Cognate with Swedish: foder

In summary

From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”).
Compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer (“pasture; fodder”), German Futter (“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder. More at food.