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# feeder

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

«feeder» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A feeder is a container that holds food for birds or animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeder/#m1)
2. An animal or person that eats in a particular way: «a messy feeder», «a night feeder». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeder/#m2)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeder/#m3)
4. A device that feeds material into a machine, like a paper feeder in a printer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeder/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeder/#x1)
- Blue tits and robins visit our feeder every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeder/#x2)
- Our primary is a feeder school for the high school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeder/#x3)
- The baby is a messy feeder! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeder/#x4)
- Caterpillars are hungry feeders that munch leaves all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeder/#x5)
- The paper feeder on the printer is jammed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeder/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «feeder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feeder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«feeder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/feeder.html) on Mova free.