feeder

feed·er  (fdr)

n.

1. One that supplies food: a bird feeder on a window ledge.

2. One that is fed, especially an animal that is being fattened for market.

3. A worker or device that feeds materials into a machine for further processing.

4. Something that contributes to the operation, maintenance, or supply of something else, especially:

a. A tributary stream.

b. A branch line of a transport system, as of an airline or a railroad.

5. Any of the medium-voltage lines used to distribute electric power from a substation to consumers or to smaller substations.

6. A transmission line between an antenna and a transmitter.

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feeder

Noun

1. a device used to feed an animal, child, or sick person

2. an animal or a person who feeds: these larvae are voracious feeders

3. a road, rail, or air service that links outlying areas to the main network

4. a tributary or channel of a river

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	feeder - an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening domestic animal, domesticated animal - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
	2.	feeder - someone who consumes food for nourishment eater consumer - a person who uses goods or services 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; "he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in" 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; "he has four mouths to feed" 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
	3.	feeder - a branch that flows into the main stream confluent, tributary, affluent branch - a stream or river connected to a larger one
	4.	feeder - a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock" self-feeder machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
	5.	feeder - an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds bird feeder, birdfeeder device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
	6.	feeder - an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder" animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Translations

feeder [ˈfiːdəʳ] n (= bib) → babero

feeder [ˈfiːdəʳ] n (= bib) → bavette f

feeder [ˈfiːdəʳ] feed n (road) → Zubringer m;

(railway line, air route) → Zubringerlinie f;

(baby's bottle) → Flasche f

feeder [ˈfiːdəʳ] n (= bib) → bavaglino