Fodder (Noun)
Meaning 1
Soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 2
Coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The farmer scattered fresh hay and cornstalks across the pasture to serve as fodder for his hungry cattle.
- To provide the sheep with nutritious fodder during the harsh winter, the farmer purchased bales of timothy grass hay.
- Sorghum, a type of coarse grain, makes an excellent fodder for dairy goats.
- Silage is often used as fodder in intensive dairy farming systems, allowing cows to graze in feedlots.
- Due to a lack of irrigation and soil quality issues, only stunted oats would grow in this barren region, yielding minimal fodder for local animals.