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feeder (fēd′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that feeds; specif.,
    1. a device that feeds material into a machine
    2. a device that supplies food to animals or birds
  2. an animal, esp. a steer, being fattened
  3. anything that supplies or leads into something else; tributary; specif., a branch transportation line (in full feeder line)
  4. Elec. a conductor supplying current or signals to a substation, antenna, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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