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
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
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
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of fodder
as a noun
- plural
- fodders
as a verb
- third-person singular
- fodders
- present participle
- foddering
- past participle
- foddered
- past tense
- foddered