hopper

«hopper» in Mova's school dictionary: A large container shaped like a funnel, which lets grain… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a hopper, hoppers); a name (Hopper)

meaning for a pupil

1) A large container shaped like a funnel, which lets grain, coal, sand or food pour out at the bottom. tree →

2) A person, animal or insect that hops, such as a grasshopper. tree →

3) (informal) In compounds: someone who moves quickly from place to place, like a «bar-hopper» or «island-hopper». tree →

4) (a name) Grace Hopper, a famous American computer scientist; Edward Hopper, a painter. tree →

sense in the lessons

In farming and machinery, grain and coal pour from hoppers into trucks. In computing lessons Grace Hopper wrote early programming languages and helped popularise the word «bug». In stories, hoppers can be frogs, kangaroos or insects. Phrases: grain hopper, in the hopper (US: waiting to be dealt with).

examples

• The farmer filled the hopper with grain. tree →
• Coal slid out of the hopper into the train. tree →
• Grace Hopper was a computer pioneer. tree →
• Kangaroos are amazing hoppers. tree →
• The bird feeder has a hopper that refills the tray. tree →
• My idea is in the hopper for next term. tree →

note

Plural: hoppers. Double p (hop + p + er). «Hopper» (hops) vs «hoper» (rare: someone who hopes).

Trees and pragmatics

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