1. food for livestock, especially dried hay or feed
2. material used to supply or feed an activity or process
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The farmer stored bales of hay as winter fodder for the cattle.
• Corn and oats are common types of livestock fodder.
• The barn was filled with fodder for the horses.
• Celebrity gossip provides endless fodder for tabloid magazines.
• The scandal gave political opponents plenty of fodder for criticism.
• His embarrassing mistake became fodder for office jokes.
• The documentary used historical footage as fodder for its narrative.