fodder UK /ˈfɒdə/US /ˈfɑdɚ/noun 6verb 1forms 3 noun6 •Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd, the shepherd for food follows not the sheep. — 1590 •People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system. •The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue. •(figurative) Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour. •(slang) Tracing paper. •(historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19 1/2 hundreds, that is it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times. — 1866 verb1 •(dialect) To feed animals (with fodder).Straw will do well enough to fodder them with — 1707 formsfoddered · foddering · fodders
