Definitions for the word "feeder" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
One who furnishes incentives; an encourager.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
1 person or thing that feeds, esp. In specified manner. 2 baby''s feeding-bottle. 3 bib. 4 tributary stream. 5 branch road, railway line, etc. Linking with a main system. 6 main carrying electricity to a distribution point. 7 feeding apparatus in a machine.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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