feeder
fee·der
noun
2.
someone who consumes food for nourishment
4.
a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
- “the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock”
Origin
From Middle English feedere, federe, fedare, equivalent to feed + -er.
Phrases
- bottom feeder
- feeder cattle
- feeder fish
- feeder fund
- feeder head
- feeder line
- feeder reservoir
- feeder school
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