What part of speech is fodder?

Fodder can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. fodder is a verb, present, 1st person singular of fodder (infinitive).
  • 2. fodder is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. fodder is a noun, singular of fodders.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does fodder mean?

Definitions

Verb

fodder - give fodder (to domesticated animals)

Noun

fodder - coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
fodder - soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

Examples of fodder

#   Sentence  
1. noun Since children are more scared than amused by clowns, I wonder if some comedy trope of ours will become horror fodder in 100 years.
2. noun The soldiers were regarded as cannon fodder.
3. noun He had not remained there long when Chloe came to the spring with the sheep and the goats, leaving Daphnis engaged in cutting some green leaves as fodder for the kids in the evening.
4. noun Don’t fool yourself. Grain is grass. Don’t waste your money on fodder.
5. noun Besides working at home, women in the village fetch fodder for buffaloes and work in fields.
6. noun His behavior provides fodder for comments.
Sentence  
noun
Since children are more scared than amused by clowns, I wonder if some comedy trope of ours will become horror fodder in 100 years.
The soldiers were regarded as cannon fodder.
He had not remained there long when Chloe came to the spring with the sheep and the goats, leaving Daphnis engaged in cutting some green leaves as fodder for the kids in the evening.
Don’t fool yourself. Grain is grass. Don’t waste your money on fodder.
Besides working at home, women in the village fetch fodder for buffaloes and work in fields.
His behavior provides fodder for comments.

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