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hopper

1 7.2

A machine that removes hops from their plants during harvest

noun
/ˈhɑːpər/

Specialized

: cosechadora de lúpulo

The farmer adjusted the settings on the hopper to ensure an efficient harvest of hops.

Examples

After the hops were collected, they were transferred from the hopper into the processing machine.
The new hopper design improved the speed at which hops could be gathered during the busy season.
"Still, eight weeks on the job, starting on the hopper like everybody else.

Fiction book (1994)
They rolled the gorgeous hulk into the hopper.

Fiction book (1992)
Thanks, Wanda Hopper.

Blog text (23)

Synonyms

harvester

vshopper

9 2.0

A person or machine that collects crops when they are ready

is specific to picking hops rather than gathering crops generally

hop-picker

vshopper

Specialized

8.2

A machine that takes hops from plants during harvest

is used in agricultural processing rather than only at harvest

Idioms

in the hopper

Informal

3 8.2

Waiting to be acted on or decided

Compounds

job-hopper

1 6.5

A person who changes jobs often

rock hopper

New Zealand

1 8.3

A small penguin with a yellow crest that jumps on rocks

plant hopper

6.7

A small insect with a wedge shaped body that jumps and lives on leaves

sand hopper

7.7

A small beach animal that jumps like a flea

How Automated

hopper

Specialized

1 7.2

picker

20 1.4

Surface Forms

hopper singular

hoppers plural

Morphology

hopper = hop (semi-transparent) = hop + er

The link to 'hop' is clear, but the exact meaning 'machine used for picking hops' is not the most automatic interpretation of noun plus '-er'.

Etymology

The word hopper comes from hop 'to jump' and the ending -er 'one that'. A helpful way to remember the farm machine called a hopper is to think of it as the device that collects and moves the harvested 'hops' or other crop material, so its name links to what it handles during harvest.