1 (used with an adjective or a noun) an animal or plant that eats a particular thing or eats in a particular way:
plankton feeders * opportunistic feeders, like gulls and gannets
2 a mechanism that supplies sth to a machine:
An optional 1500 sheet feeder can be attached to the photocopier.
3 a container filled with food for birds or animals
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 (of roads, rivers, etc.) leading to a bigger road, etc:
a feeder road to the motorway / freeway
2 supplying goods, services, etc. to a large organization
3 (AmE) (of animals on a farm) kept to be killed and used for meat
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