fodder

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fod·der [fodder fodders foddered foddering] BrE [ˈfɒdə(r)] NAmE [ˈfɑːdər] noun uncountable
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.
•He regarded lists of rules, regulations and procedures as dustbin fodder (= only fit to be thrown away).
see also ↑cannon fodder

Word Origin:
Old English fōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeder and German Futter, also to ↑food.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cannon fodder, fresh fish