fodder

Meanings

Plural: fodders

Noun

soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
Tracing paper.
Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.

Verb

give fodder (to domesticated animals)
To feed animals (with fodder).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”).
Compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer (“pasture; fodder”), German Futter (“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder. More at food.

Synonyms

cannon fodder, forage, fresh fish, load, provender

Scrabble Score: 11

fodder is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
fodder is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fodder is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

fodder is a valid Words With Friends word