fodder
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay,…Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
» The soldiers were regarded as cannon fodder.
Die Soldaten wurden als Kanonenfutter betrachtet.
Солдат считали пушечным мясом.
Солдатів вважали гарматним м'ясом.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
Futter, Viehfutter
кормkorm, фура́жfuráž
кормkorm, фура́жfuráž, па́шаpáša
(countable, historical, uncountable)A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Tracing paper.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
(countable, uncountable)The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
(countable, uncountable)People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.
Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.
cannon fodder
- coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
- soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
Examples
14 sentencesThe soldiers were regarded as cannon fodder.
Солдатів вважали гарматним м'ясом. — Balamax
ruСолдат считали пушечным мясом. — Balamax
deDie Soldaten wurden als Kanonenfutter betrachtet. — Yorwba
His behavior provides fodder for comments.
Children were used as cannon fodder.
ruДетей использовали как пушечное мясо. — marafon
Children were used for cannon fodder.
ruДетей использовали как пушечное мясо. — marafon
The children were used as cannon fodder.
ruДетей использовали как пушечное мясо. — marafon
deDie Kinder wurden als Kanonenfutter benutzt. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-WesFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: foddersSynonyms
5 synonyms- soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire:cannon fodderfresh fish
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable