feeder

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: feeder

1	n	an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
2	n	a branch that flows into the main stream
3	n	a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
4	n	an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: feeder

Types:: show 16 types...; hide 16 types...; devourer
someone who eats greedily or voraciously; diner
a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant); dunker
an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it; glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman
a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess; gobbler
a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls; luncher
someone who is eating lunch; mouth
a person conceived as a consumer of food; mycophage, mycophagist
a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms); nosher, snacker
someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals; omnivore
a person who eats all kinds of foods; picknicker, picnicker
a person who is picnicking; gorger, scoffer
someone who eats food rapidly and greedily; vegetarian
eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products; carver, cutter
someone who carves the meat; dining companion, tablemate
someone you dine with; vegan
a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all

“a bark feeder”

“a mud feeder”

Type of:: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Antonyms:: distributary
a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it

“the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock”

Type of:: machine
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

Type of:: domestic animal, domesticated animal
any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment

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