foddernoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfɒd.ər/us/ˈfɑː.dɚ/fodder noun [ U ] (ANIMAL FOOD)
food that is given to cows, horses, and other farm animals
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Animal food
- alfalfa
- bird feeder
- birdseed
- buckwheat
- cattle cake
- chaff
- feed
- feeder
- hay
- maize
- manger
- oats
- pasture
- salt lick
- silage
- straw
- swill
- trough
- water
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fodder noun [ U ] (USEFUL PEOPLE/THINGS)
people or things that are useful for the stated purpose:
Politicians are always good fodder for comedians (= they make jokes about them).
See
cannon fodder
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Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- corrective
- expedient
- favourable
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- general
- palliative
- profitable
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- serviceable
- sniff
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