Feeder - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfiːdər|
Brit.
|ˈfiːdə|
noun
- an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
- someone who consumes food for nourishment (syn: eater)
- a branch that flows into the main stream (syn: affluent, confluent, tributary)
- a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material (syn: self-feeder)
- an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
- someone who consumes food for nourishment (syn: eater)
- a branch that flows into the main stream (syn: affluent, confluent, tributary)
- a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material (syn: self-feeder)
the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock
- an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds- an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
a bark feeder
a mud feeder
a mud feeder
Extra examples
...the lake has several feeders that have their headwaters near the Canadian border...
The Shyok River is a major feeder of the Indus River.
The length of the feeder pipe is 50m.
Catfish are bottom feeders. (=they feed at the bottom of rivers)
...out of the corner of my eye I espied the squirrel making another raid on the bird feeder...
...a lot of his backyard bird watching was spent eyeing the squirrels as they depleted the bird feeder of seeds...
...the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees...
Vulture is a foul feeder.
Word forms
noun
singular: feeder
plural: feeders
singular: feeder
plural: feeders
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