feeder

[US]/'fiːdə/
[UK]/'fidɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. someone or something that provides food or supplies; a person who feeds animals; a device for supplying food to animals; a secondary river or stream; a branch line of a transportation system

Phrases & Collocations

bird feeder

automatic feeder

fish feeder

hay feeder

feeder insects

coal feeder

wire feeder

vibrating feeder

feeder line

vibration feeder

screw feeder

feeder system

distribution feeder

vibratory feeder

feeder service

air feeder

reagent feeder

belt feeder

Example Sentences

a nation that is the feeder of millions in developing countries.

a sixth-form college and its feeder schools.

apron feeders bring coarse ore to a grinding mill.

the automatic sheet feeder holds up to 10 sheets of paper.

Gross feeder likes gross food.

Emblema is available as fountain pen with 18K gold nib and ebonite feeder, rollerball pen and twist-action ballpoint pen.

The pellet mill includes: feeder, conditioner, pelleter, and motor.

Based on analysis of the slipping phenomenon of chips in screw feeder of defibrator, measures to prevent theproblem are described.

Taking the supplying regions as rows of the bigraph, the optimum scheme for looped grids feeder arrangement with minimum cost is obtained by a minimum weight match algorithm of bigraph.

An 80-ton remote control fish feeder, designed to survive even a destructive nor'easter, floats off the coast of New Hampshire in an undated picture.

Real-world Examples

Where will you put the bird feeder?

Source: Airborne English: Everyone speaks English.

Set a bird feeder in the garden.

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

This is where the cat has her feeder.

Source: Connection Magazine

Askin uses different shaped feeders to make it more adventurous for birds.

Source: VOA Video Highlights

Okay, but I'm gonna teach you how to make a bird feeder...

Source: Friends Season 6

Feeder companies, I wanted to start with classmates.

Source: 2017 Hot Selected Compilation

People think carp, they think muddy, or bottom feeder. You may hear the term, trash fish.

Source: PBS Interview Environmental Series

Because they don't eat seeds, Robins don't usually visit bird feeders.

Source: Children's Learning Classroom

Wow, Susie. That bird feeder looks really cool!

Source: Airborne English: Everyone speaks English.

But while three-lane highways are being built, feeder roads from rural communities remain decrepit.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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