EGAVE

feeder

About 1.81 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun One who feeds, or gives food to another. The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
  2. noun The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
  3. noun One who feeds, or takes in food.
  4. noun One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
  5. noun That which is used to feed.
    bird feeder
  6. noun A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
  7. noun A branch line of a railway.
  8. noun A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.

Similar words

eater devourer tributary affluent self-feeder feeding feed food manger feedlot

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Word family

feeders

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