fodder

• Nom désignant un fourrage grossier pour le bétail, comme le foin ou la paille, ou, au sens figuré, un matériau utilisé à des fins spécifiques (par exemple, chair à canon, matière première pour la rédaction).

A noun referring to coarse food for livestock, such as hay or straw, or figuratively, material used for a particular purpose (e.g., cannon fodder, copy fodder).

indénombrable

1. Animal foodB1formal

   Food, especially dried hay or straw, given to horses, cattle, and other livestock.

   Fourrage animal

   • The farmer stored enough fodder for the winter.
   • Cattle are fed on hay and other fodder.
   • They bought a truckload of fodder for the sheep.

   Synonymesfeedforageprovender

2. Raw material or sourceB2informal

   Something used to supply or fuel a particular process, activity, or need.

   Matière première (pour une activité)

   • The scandal provided fodder for the tabloid newspapers.
   • His speech gave the opposition plenty of political fodder.
   • The data served as fodder for the research paper.

   Synonymesammunitionfoodfuelgristmaterialraw materialstuffsupply