/ ˈfɒdə(r); NAmE ˈfɑːd-/ noun [ U ]
1.
food for horses and farm animals
2.
( disapproving ) (often after a noun) people or things that are considered to have only one use :
Without education, these children will end up as factory fodder (= only able to work in a factory) .
This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists.
—see also cannon fodder
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English fōdor , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeder and German Futter , also to food .