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
The cat stopped eating from her automatic feeder, hid in corners instead of lounging in her usual spots, and went several days without a bowel movement.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Orchids are heavy feeders, and their soil alone won't provide enough nutrients for them.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
Many of Laguna Beach’s players arrive from a feeder, youth program and learn from a coaching staff loaded with experience.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
In addition to reflecting a huge range of animal sizes, the dataset also represented sharks that fill a variety of ecological niches, from reef dwellers to bottom feeders to open-ocean predators.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Orchids are heavy feeders, and their soil alone won't provide enough nutrients for them.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
Many of Laguna Beach’s players arrive from a feeder, youth program and learn from a coaching staff loaded with experience.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
In addition to reflecting a huge range of animal sizes, the dataset also represented sharks that fill a variety of ecological niches, from reef dwellers to bottom feeders to open-ocean predators.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feeder
tributary
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This practice had its own history, another tributary to the overshoot conjuncture that weighed heavily on its future course.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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To date, this and other restoration efforts have helped to restore oyster reefs across nearly 1,800 acres in ten different tributaries to the bay.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Feeder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeder. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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