fodder

Noun
  1. Soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire (synset 109910752)
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    is a type of: soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
    same as: cannon fodder, fresh fish
  2. Coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop (synset 107816716)
    is a type of: feed, provender - food for domestic livestock
    subtypes:
    • eatage, forage, grass, pasturage, pasture - bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
    • alfalfa - leguminous plant grown for hay or forage
    • broad bean, horse bean - a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder
    • hay - grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
    • stover - the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested
Verb
  1. Give fodder (to domesticated animals) (synset 201180398)
    is a type of: feed, give - give food to

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