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# fodder

noun (fodder; uncountable)

«fodder» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Fodder is food such as hay, straw or grain given to farm animals like cows, horses and sheep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fodder/#m1)
2. (informal) Fodder is material that is easily used for a particular purpose, often without much thought: «gossip fodder», «fodder for jokes». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fodder/#m2)
3. «Cannon fodder» means soldiers treated as if their lives do not matter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fodder/#m3)

### In the lessons

In farming and geography lessons, farmers store fodder for winter. In everyday life and the news, a silly event becomes «fodder for comedians». In history, especially the First World War, «cannon fodder» describes soldiers sent to die in great numbers. Phrases: «animal fodder», «cannon fodder», «fodder for».

### Examples

- The farmer stores fodder in the barn for winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fodder/#x1)
- Hay is the main fodder for horses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fodder/#x2)
- The mistake became fodder for jokes online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fodder/#x3)
- The celebrity's outfit was fodder for gossip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fodder/#x4)
- Many soldiers in 1916 were treated as cannon fodder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fodder/#x5)
- Turnips are grown as winter fodder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fodder/#x6)
- ‘Yes; but I must have a good stable and most excellent fodder for my horse,’ said he. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fodder/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: «some fodder», not «a fodder». Similar: feed, forage. Rhymes with «odder».

## In Jewish tradition

In farming and geography lessons, farmers store fodder for winter. In everyday life and the news, a silly event becomes «fodder for comedians». In history, especially the First World War, «cannon fodder» describes soldiers sent to die in great numbers. Phrases: «animal fodder», «cannon fodder», «fodder for».

### Examples

- Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? (Writings JOB.6.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fodder/#x1)
- So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses fodder; and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. (Prophets JDG.19.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fodder/#x2)

### Note

Uncountable: «some fodder», not «a fodder». Similar: feed, forage. Rhymes with «odder».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fodder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fodder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «fodder» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fodder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fodder» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fodder.html) on Mova free.