as in tributary
a stream that flows into a larger body of water
the lake has several feeders that have their headwaters near the Canadian border
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Recent Examples of feeder
But eventually the feeders were swarmed by what appeared to be thousands of bees.
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Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
All terminals are expected to reopen by Thursday morning, with both large container ships and feeder services projected to resume service.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
Rooting them on Most of the giant sequoia’s root system is made up of tiny, threadlike feeders that spread out from the larger roots near the trunk.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
The smart device is currently one of Amazon’s best-selling automatic cat feeders, and more than 7,000 have been purchased this month.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
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Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
All terminals are expected to reopen by Thursday morning, with both large container ships and feeder services projected to resume service.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
Rooting them on Most of the giant sequoia’s root system is made up of tiny, threadlike feeders that spread out from the larger roots near the trunk.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
The smart device is currently one of Amazon’s best-selling automatic cat feeders, and more than 7,000 have been purchased this month.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feeder
tributary
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Don’t miss the Côa Museum, one of the country’s largest, perched at the mouth of the Côa River, a tributary of the Douro.—
Anna Mazurek,
AFAR Media,
26 Sep. 2025
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Sitting on a tributary of the Nile, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, took some 15 years to built and the Ethiopians see it as a key to their future economic prosperity.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Feeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeder. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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