seeder

noun

seed·​er ˈsē-dər How to pronounce seeder (audio)
1
: an implement for planting or sowing seeds
2
: a device for seeding fruit
3
: one that seeds clouds

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Chinese parasol tree can be a prolific seeder and can send up sprouts. Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 18 Oct. 2024 For all their star-chomping notoriety, black holes are also active seeders of new worlds. Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024 In one row, growers used a joystick to operate a Lego-like, $25,000 modular robot on wheels that can be coded for use as a cultivator, a seeder, a data collector, or whatever else is needed on the field, according its creator, a group called Farm-NG. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024 For example, farmers could be provided subsidized machines (such as the happy seeder machine to cut the straw and distribute it as mulch on the field). Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for seeder

Word History

First Known Use

1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of seeder was in 1759

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“Seeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seeder. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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seeder

noun
seed·​er ˈsēd-ər How to pronounce seeder (audio)
: a machine for planting or sowing seeds
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