feeder meaning and definition

FEEDER noun

Definition of feeder (noun)

1. an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
2. someone who consumes food for nourishment
   • synonyms: eater
3. a branch that flows into the main stream
   • synonyms: affluent, confluent, tributary
   • antonym: distributary
4. a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
   • "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock"
   • synonyms: self-feeder
5. an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
   • synonyms: bird feeder, birdfeeder
6. an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
   • "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"