Fodder
['fɒdə] or ['fɑdɚ]
Definition
(noun.) coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop.
(verb.) give fodder (to domesticated animals).
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Definition
(n.) A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother.
(n.) That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
(v.t.) To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Forage, food (for cattle), provender.
v. a. Feed (cattle).
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Definition
n. food for cattle as hay and straw.—v.t. to supply with fodder.—ns. Fodd′erer; Fodd′ering.
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Examples
- It is evident that if we cut our fodder at the time the corn is glazing our practice is as near correct as the present stage of investigation points out. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Any green fodder can be mixed with the above to make quantity and secure good results. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If the fodder is to be put through the feed-cutter the cutter should be placed so that the carrier will deposit it in either of the two pits as required. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Science and research have helped, until now we can produce silos that will keep this green fodder in a sweet and succulent state until the owner is ready to use it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The damned wantlessness of the poor, about which Oscar Wilde complained, the cry for a little more fodder, gives way to an insistence upon the chance to be interested in life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For fodder-corn the processes are a little more complex, though in reality very simple. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- When cut into small pieces the fodder is considerably bruised, and there is much more exposure of the juices to the air than there is where whole fodder is used. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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