fodder
noun /ˈfɒdə(r)/
/ˈfɑːdər/
[uncountable]- food for horses and farm animalsTopics Farmingc2
- (disapproving) (often after a noun) people or things that are considered to have only one use
- Without education, these children will end up as factory fodder (= only able to work in a factory).
- This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists.
- He regarded lists of rules, regulations and procedures as dustbin fodder (= only fit to be thrown away).
see also cannon fodder
Word OriginOld English fōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeder and German Futter, also to food.