feeder

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noun

1. an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
domestic animal, domesticated animal
2. a branch that flows into the main stream
• Syn:
tributary, confluent, affluent
• Ant:
distributary (for: tributary)
• Derivationally related forms:
feed
• Hypernyms:
branch
3. someone who consumes food for nourishment
• Syn:
eater
• Derivationally related forms:
feed, eat (for: eater)
• Hypernyms:
consumer
• Hyponyms:
devourer, diner, dunker, glutton, gourmand,
gourmandizer, trencherman, gobbler, luncher, mouth, mycophagist,
mycophage, nosher, snacker, omnivore, picnicker, picknicker,
scoffer, gorger, vegetarian
4. a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
- the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock
• Syn:
self-feeder
• Derivationally related forms:
feed
• Hypernyms:
machine
5. an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
• Syn:
bird feeder, birdfeeder
• Hypernyms:
device
6. an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
- a bark feeder
- a mud feeder
• Hypernyms:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bird feeder, birdfeeder, self-feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent, eater