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Definition of fodder. 1 : something fed todomestic animals especially : coarse food for cattle,horses, or sheep. 2 : inferior or readily available material usedto supply a heavy demand fodder for tabloids This sort ofbreezy plot line has become cheap fodder for novelists andscreenwriters …—
Then, what is the meaning of fodder for cattle?
Fodder is cheap food, usually given tolivestock animals like cows. Fodder is notjust used to describe cattle feed. We use the word to talkabout other kinds of feeding that don't involve actualfood.
Similarly, it is asked, what does tabloid fodder mean?
tab"§loid also tabloid newspaper [countable]a newspaper that has small pages, a lot of photographs, and storiesmainly about sex, famous people, etc. rather than serious news.Fodder, in this context, means the kind ofinformation that tabloids love to deal with.
Synonyms and Near Synonyms offodder ensilage, feed, forage, silage, slop, swill.commissary, rations, supplies. aliment, nutriment. diet,nourishment, nurture, sustenance.