feeder
16
2.5
- noun
- /ˈfiːdər/
:
comedero
- The feeder in my garden attracts all kinds of colorful birds.
- a bird feeder
- hang a feeder
- maintain a feeder
But Al, he just sits there at his feeder.
- But Al, he just sits there at his feeder.
- I, I, my squirrels wouldn't infest and take the nuts and seeds from my poor mother's bird feeder.
- A black bear clothed in thorns made a mess of the bird feeder where hungry black caps were a vision and the black flies were biting energetically.
- This is his blind or his feeder that he's going to hunt.
- And I sit out on the deck and I watch the birds like a bird feeders and I watch a little pond.
- And I think if your baby birds over there in prison, you know, and you, you can keep your seed in the feeder, then yeah, you can wait till she gets out, you know.
- This dude cut fucking bird feeders in half, cutting fucking fences open.
Examples
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Jeremy was very interested, though, in the bird feeders he had recently installed.
Fiction book (1997) -
The squirrels sit in the bird feeder and eat and eat and eat.
Fiction book (2000) -
We're gonna pick up some bird feeder in the morning.
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You know, this small act of hanging a bird feeder outside your window will get your cats just going.
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"The crows are too big for the bird feeder," she says.
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There were lots of sparrows at the feeder in the front yard.
Fiction book (1997) -
Watching the cute little birds nibbling seed from the bird feeder in the kitchen window.
Fiction book (1994) -
Hanging nearby, close to the house, was a bright red hummingbird feeder containing a nectar mixture.
Fiction book (1997) -
Every morning, I refill the feeder to keep the songbirds coming back.
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She watched from the window as the blue jays perched on the feeder.
Synonyms
8
1.4
A container hung outside that holds food for wild birds
1
2.0
A container put outside to hold food for wild birds
A machine that gives food to animals automatically
Compounds
- Offensive
6
7.7
A person who gains from other people's problems by taking advantage of them
1
6.5
An animal, often a fish, that lives on the bottom of rivers or lakes and eats dead plants and animals
- Specialized
1
4.8
A smaller transport route like a short train or flight that connects towns to a main city
How Protected
301
1.0
16
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Feeder comes from feed 'to give food', and in gardens it names a container that gives food to wild birds. So a feeder is a device you put outside to provide food for birds or other animals.