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Hopper

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Noun

1. hopper

funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below

2. hopper

someone who hops

Example Sentences:
'at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children'

3. hop-picker, hopper

a machine used for picking hops

4. grasshopper, hopper

terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

5. ground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper

(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hopper

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that hops
2. 
a funnel-shaped chamber or reservoir from which solid materials can be discharged under gravity into a receptacle below, esp for feeding fuel to a furnace, loading a railway truck with grain, etc
3. 
a machine used for picking hops
4. 
any of various long-legged hopping insects, esp the grasshopper, leaf hopper, and immature locust
5. Also called: hoppercar
an open-topped railway truck for bulk transport of loose minerals, etc, unloaded through doors on the underside
6. South Africa another name for cocopan
7. computing
a device formerly used for holding punched cards and feeding them to a card punch or card reader
noun
Edward. 1882–1967, US painter, noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes

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Hopper

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Edward1882-1967; U.S. painter
noun
1. 
a person or thing that hops
2. 
any hopping insect, esp. a grasshopper
3. 
a box, tank, rail car, etc., often funnel-shaped, from which the contents can be emptied slowly and evenly
the hopper of an automatic coal stoker
4.  US
a freight car with a bottom that opens to unload freight
: in full hopper car
5. 
a box into which legislative bills are dropped for introduction, assignment to committees, etc.
often used figuratively

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

Hopper

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American naval officer, mathematician, and computer programmer. Noted for her development of programming languages, especially COBOL, she is credited with inventing the first compiler.
n.
1. One that hops.
2.
a. A usually funnel-shaped container in which materials, such as grain or coal, are stored in readiness for dispensation.
b. A freight car with a door in the floor through which materials are unloaded.
c. A box in which a bill is placed pending formal introduction before a legislature.
d. Informal A place in which something is held in readiness: a studio with many potential blockbusters in the hopper.
American painter whose starkly realistic works include Early Sunday Morning (1930) and Nighthawks (1942).

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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