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ALL meanings of feeder

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  • noun feeder A person or animal that eats a particular food or in a particular manner. 1
  • noun feeder garden structure for feeding birds 1
  • noun feeder farm: feeding machine 1
  • noun feeder a person or thing that supplies food or feeds something. 1
  • noun feeder a bin or boxlike device from which farm animals may eat, especially such a device designed to allow a number of chickens to feed simultaneously or to release a specific amount of feed at regular intervals. 1
  • noun feeder a person or thing that takes food or nourishment. 1
  • noun feeder a livestock animal that is fed an enriched diet to fatten it for market. Compare stocker (def 2). 1
  • noun feeder a person or device that feeds a machine, printing press, etc. 1
  • noun feeder a tributary stream. 1
  • noun feeder bird feeder. 1
  • noun feeder feeder line. 1
  • noun feeder feeder road. 1
  • noun feeder Also, feed. Electricity. a conductor, or group of conductors, connecting primary equipment in an electric power system. 1
  • noun feeder British. a baby's bib. 1
  • noun feeder Theater Slang. straight man. 1
  • adjective feeder being, functioning as, or serving as a feeder. 1
  • adjective feeder pertaining to livestock to be fattened for market. 1
  • noun feeder That which feeds. 0
  • noun feeder That which is used to feed. 0
  • noun feeder A tributary stream, especially of a canal. 0
  • noun feeder A branch line of a railway. 0
  • noun feeder A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter. 0
  • noun feeder (baseball, slang, archaic, 1800s) The pitcher. 0
  • noun feeder (video games, derogatory) A player who is killed by the opposing player or team more than once through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side. 0
  • noun feeder The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee). 0
  • adjective feeder A feeder road, railway, or river is a smaller one that leads to a more important one. 0
  • countable noun feeder Feeder airline and railway services connect major routes and local destinations. 0
  • countable noun feeder A feeder school or team provides students or players for a larger or more important one. 0
  • countable noun feeder A feeder is a container that you fill with food for birds or animals. 0
  • noun feeder a person or thing that feeds or is fed 0
  • noun feeder a child's feeding bottle or bib 0
  • noun feeder a head of livestock being fattened for slaughter 0
  • noun feeder a person or device that feeds the working material into a system or machine 0
  • noun feeder a tributary channel, esp one that supplies a reservoir or canal with water 0
  • noun feeder a road, service, etc, that links secondary areas to the main traffic network 0
  • noun feeder (as modifier) 0
  • noun feeder a transmission line connecting an aerial to a transmitter or receiver 0
  • noun feeder a power line for transmitting electrical power from a generating station to a distribution network 0
  • noun feeder a person or thing that feeds 0
  • noun feeder a device that feeds material into a machine 0
  • noun feeder a device that supplies food to animals or birds 0
  • noun feeder an animal, esp. a steer, being fattened 0
  • noun feeder anything that supplies or leads into something else; tributary; specif., a branch transportation line (in full feeder line) 0
  • noun feeder a conductor supplying current or signals to a substation, antenna, etc. 0
  • noun feeder A feeder is a person or device that feeds a material into a system or machine. 0
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