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Feeder

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Noun

1. feeder

an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening

2. eater, feeder

someone who consumes food for nourishment

3. affluent, confluent, feeder, tributary

a branch that flows into the main stream

4. feeder, self-feeder

a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material

Example Sentences:
'the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock'

5. bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder

an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds

6. feeder

an animal that feeds on a particular source of food

Example Sentences:
'a bark feeder'
'a mud feeder'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Feeder

see synonyms of feeder
noun
1. 
a person or thing that feeds or is fed
2. 
a child's feeding bottle or bib
3. agriculture, mainly US and Canadian
a head of livestock being fattened for slaughter
4. 
a person or device that feeds the working material into a system or machine
5. 
a tributary channel, esp one that supplies a reservoir or canal with water
6. 
a. 
a road, service, etc, that links secondary areas to the main traffic network
b. 
(as modifier)
a feeder bus
7. 
a. 
a transmission line connecting an aerial to a transmitter or receiver
b. 
a power line for transmitting electrical power from a generating station to a distribution network

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Feeder

see synonyms of feeder
noun
1. 
a person or thing that feeds
; specif.,
a. 
a device that feeds material into a machine
b. 
a device that supplies food to animals or birds
2. 
an animal, esp. a steer, being fattened
3. 
anything that supplies or leads into something else; tributary; specif., a branch transportation line (in full feeder line)
4.  Electricity
a conductor supplying current or signals to a substation, antenna, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Feeder

see synonyms of feeder
n.
1. One that supplies food: a bird feeder on a window ledge.
2.
a. One that eats in a specified manner. Used of an animal: a filter feeder; a bottom feeder.
b. One that consumes nutrients to a specified degree. Used of a plant: heavy feeders such as rhubarb or tomatoes.
3. One that is fed, especially an animal that is being fattened for market.
4. A worker or device that feeds materials into a machine for further processing.
5. Something that contributes to the operation, maintenance, or supply of something else, especially:
a. A tributary stream.
b. A branch line of a transport system, as of an airline or a railroad.
6. Any of the medium-voltage lines used to distribute electric power from a substation to consumers or to smaller substations.
7. A transmission line between an antenna and a transmitter.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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