About The Word Fodder

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Fodder

Fodder Meaning & Definition
Fodder Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fodder?

[n] coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
[v] give fodder (to domesticated animals)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fodder:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fodder: barley | bed | bed down | bird seed | board | bran | bread | break | bridle | brush | cat food | chicken feed | chop | corn | curry | currycomb | dine | dog food | drench | eatage | ensilage | feed | forage | gentle | grain | grass | gratify | graze | groom | handle | harness | hay | hitch | litter | manage | mash | meal | meat | mess | milk | oats | pasturage | pasture | pet food | provender | provision | regale | rub down | saddle | satisfy | scratch | scratch feed | silage | slops | straw | sustain | swill | tame | tend | train | water | wheat | wine and dine | yoke

See Also | alfalfa | broad bean | feed | feed | give | hay | horse bean | provender | stover

Fodder In Webster's Dictionary

\Fod"der\, n. [See 1st {Fother}.] A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 191/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother. [Obs.]
\Fod"der\, n. [AS. f?dder, f?ddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr. f?da food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. f?r, Sw. & Dan. foder. [root]75. See Food Land cf. {Forage}, {Fur}.] That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
\Fod"der\, v.t. [imp. & p. p. {Foddered} (-d?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Foddering}.] To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

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