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English

Etymology

fōdor

Pronunciation

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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɒdə(r)|-ɒdə(r)

Noun

Food for animals.
A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 1/2 to 24 cwt (993 to 1222 kg).; a fother.
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:*1866, 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. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168.
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Derived terms

cannon fodder

Translations

Bulgarian: фураж
Chinese: 飼料, 饲料
Czech: krmivo
Danish: føde
Dutch: veevoeder , veevoer, kanonnenvoer (cannon fodder)
Finnish: rehu
French: fourrage
German: Futter
Greek: χορτονομή

Italian: foraggio
Japanese: 飼葉
Kannada: Pranigala Ahara
Korean: 꼴 (kkor, -l) (grass), 먹이 (meogI), 사료 (飼料, saryo)
Latin: cibo
Russian: корм (korm)
Serbian: krma, krmivo, splačina, pomija
Spanish: forraje
Swedish: foder

Category:Animal foods

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foddered
(f[o^]d"d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering.]
To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to
furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), 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.]
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), n. [AS. f[=o]dder, f[=o]ddor,
fodder (also sheath case), fr. f[=o]da food; akin to D.
voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. f[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan.
foder. [root]75. See Food and cf. Forage, Fur.]
That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay,
cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet 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)

Moby Dictionary
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

Fodder Heb. belil, (Job 6:5), meaning properly a mixture or medley (Lat. farrago), "made up of various kinds of grain, as wheat, barley, vetches, and the like, all mixed together, and then sown or given to cattle" (Job 24:6, A.V. "corn," R.V. "provender;" Isa. 30:24, provender").