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fodder

/ˈfɑdɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Fodder means: soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire.

Synonyms for fodder5

noun, as in soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

cannon fodder, fresh fish

also used for fodder

forage, provender, load

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What does fodder mean?3

noun

1

soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

2

coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

verb

1

give fodder (to domesticated animals)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with fodder?1

two syllables

solder
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Fodder in a sentence

  • Ziri was frantically throwing more and more fodder on the fire.Amastan
  • The donkeys will clash if the fodder runs short in the barn.anzart
  • That battalion over there? It's just cannon fodder.AlanF_US
  • Besides working at home, women in the village fetch fodder for buffaloes and work in fields.Hybrid
  • The soldiers were regarded as cannon fodder.Balamax
  • Don’t fool yourself. Grain is grass. Don’t waste your money on fodder.Eccles17
  • His behavior provides fodder for comments.Nylez
  • The children were used as cannon fodder.Ooneykcall

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Forms of fodder

as a noun

plural
fodders

as a verb

third-person singular
fodders
present participle
foddering
past participle
foddered
past tense
foddered