bird feeder
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1.4
- noun
- /bɜrd ˈfiːdər/
:
comedero para aves
- I put bird seed in the bird feeder so the backyard birds can eat.
- fill the bird feeder
- backyard bird feeder
- hang a bird feeder
I, I, my squirrels wouldn't infest and take the nuts and seeds from my poor mother's bird 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.
- So success on the orchid pot bird feeder that we did.
- This dude cut fucking bird feeders in half, cutting fucking fences open.
Examples
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Mom suggested I make a bird feeder out of a milk carton.
Fiction book (1999) -
"The crows are too big for the bird feeder," she says.
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Oh, and we did have a big black bear at our bird feeder last year.
Blog text (34) -
We got all of our bird feeders filled up this week.
Blog text (12) -
I'm actually in the market for bird feeders and food.
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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) -
Watching the cute little birds nibbling seed from the bird feeder in the kitchen window.
Fiction book (1994) -
The breakfast area faced a large picture window overlooking the wooded backyard and the bird feeder.
Fiction book (1990) -
Outside the window, small birds swooped to alight on the bird feeder.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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2.5
A container placed outdoors that holds food for wild birds
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2.0
A container put outside to hold food for wild birds
How Big
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1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a container or structure placed outdoors to provide food for wild birds' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bird' and 'feeder' — literally a feeder for birds. This simple noun–noun compound follows a regular compositional pattern common across languages and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Bird feeder comes from the clear picture of a small box or tray hung outside to 'feed' birds—bird + feeder. People put seed in it and birds come to eat, so it means 'a container placed outdoors to provide food for wild birds'.