feeder: Meaning and Definition of

feed•er

1. a person or thing that supplies food or feeds something.
2. a bin or boxlike device from which farm animals may eat, esp. such a device designed to allow a number of chickens to feed simultaneously or to release a specific amount of feed at regular intervals.
3. a person or thing that takes food or nourishment.
4. a livestock animal that is fed an enriched diet to fatten it for market. Cf. stocker (def. 2).
5. a person or device that feeds a machine, printing press, etc.
6. a tributary stream.
7. bird feeder.
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10. a conductor, or group of conductors, connecting primary equipment in an electric power system.
11. a baby's bib.
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1. being, functioning as, or serving as a feeder.
2. pertaining to livestock to be fattened for market.