feeder

[feedĀ·er]

An outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds

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One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.

Noun
an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening

Noun
a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock"

Noun
a branch that flows into the main stream

Noun
someone who consumes food for nourishment


n.
One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.

n.
One who furnishes incentives; an encourager.

n.
One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.

n.
One who fattens cattle for slaughter.

n.
A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.

n.
A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.

n.
A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.

n.
A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower.

n.
An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.

n.
A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.


Feeder

Feed"er , n. 1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.
A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder.
2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. "The feeder of my riots." Shak. 3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.
With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder.
4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter. 5. A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow. 6. A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line. 7. (Mining) (a) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. Ure. (b) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower. Raymond. 8. (Mach.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon. 9. (Steam Engine) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.

One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.

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If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.

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