fodder

«fodder» in Mova's judaism dictionary: food such as hay, straw or grain given to farm animals… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (fodder; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Fodder is food such as hay, straw or grain given to farm animals like cows, horses and sheep. tree →

2) (informal) Fodder is material that is easily used for a particular purpose, often without much thought: «gossip fodder», «fodder for jokes». tree →

3) «Cannon fodder» means soldiers treated as if their lives do not matter. tree →

sense 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

• Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? (Writings JOB.6.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• 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 →
• The farmer stores fodder in the barn for winter. tree →
• Hay is the main fodder for horses. tree →
• The mistake became fodder for jokes online. tree →
• The celebrity's outfit was fodder for gossip. tree →
• Many soldiers in 1916 were treated as cannon fodder. tree →
• Turnips are grown as winter fodder. tree →
• ‘Yes; but I must have a good stable and most excellent fodder for my horse,’ said he. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fodder» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.