fodder

About 1.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
2. noun A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
3. noun Tracing paper.
4. noun Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
5. noun The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
6. noun People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.

   Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.

7. verb To feed animals (with fodder).

Similar words

forage provender feedstuff stover hay silage feeding crop feed food

Often followed by

for and crops in to is or of production

Word family

foddered foddering fodders fother