feeder

«feeder» in Mova's school dictionary: a container that holds food for birds or animals — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a feeder, feeders); adjective (feeder)

meaning for a pupil

1) A feeder is a container that holds food for birds or animals. tree →

2) An animal or person that eats in a particular way: «a messy feeder», «a night feeder». tree →

3) A feeder road, river or school sends people or things into a bigger one: a feeder school sends pupils to a secondary school. tree →

4) A device that feeds material into a machine, like a paper feeder in a printer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature at home: bird feeders in the garden help birds in winter. In school life, «feeder schools» send children to a bigger school. Phrases: «bird feeder», «feeder school», «feeder road».

examples

• We hung a bird feeder outside the classroom window. tree →
• Blue tits and robins visit our feeder every morning. tree →
• Our primary is a feeder school for the high school. tree →
• The baby is a messy feeder! tree →
• Caterpillars are hungry feeders that munch leaves all day. tree →
• The paper feeder on the printer is jammed. tree →

note

Plural «feeders». From «feed» + «-er». Keep feeders clean so birds do not get sick.

In the corpora

• Squirrels are skilled acrobats that solve puzzles to reach bird feeders, and some people build squirrel obstacle courses for fun.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «feeder» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.