fodder

Noun

fodder (uncountable)

1. Food for animals.
2. A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 1/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother.

   Quotations

   • 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.

3. (slang, drafting, design) Tracing paper.

6 letters in word "fodder": D D E F O R.

Anagrams of fodder:

• forded

Words found within fodder:

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• Definitions:
• give fodder (to domesticated animals) coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
• In agriculture, fodder or animal feed is any foodstuff that is used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, including cattle, goats, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs. Most animal feed is from plants but some fodder is of animal origin.
• From "cannon fodder." A general term for units whose main tactical role is to draw fire away from vulnerable units or capital ships. Without fodder, even the most powerful units may be lost to a lucky hit. With fodder, it takes a VERY lucky hit.
• Refers to tree parts such as leaves, flowers, or pods which are eaten by browsing or grazing animals.
• Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.

• focussing ←
• focusses ←
• focussed ←
• fodder
• → foddered
• → fodderer
• → fodderers