fodder

• Substantivo que designa forragem, isto é, alimento grosso para o gado, como feno ou palha; em sentido figurado, material ou matéria-prima usada para um determinado fim (por exemplo, carne para canhão, pauta para textos).

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).

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1. Animal foodB1formal

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

   Ração para animais

   • 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.

   Sinônimosfeedforageprovender

2. Raw material or sourceB2informal

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

   Matéria-prima ou fonte

   • 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.

   Sinônimosammunitionfoodfuelgristmaterialraw materialstuffsupply