fod·der (fŏd'ər)
n.

1. Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.
2. Raw material, as for artistic creation.
3. A consumable, often inferior item or resource that is in demand and usually abundant supply: romantic novels intended as fodder for the pulp fiction market.

tr.v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.
To feed with fodder.

[Middle English, from Old English fōdor.]

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