feeder

IPA: fˈidɝ

One who feeds, or gives food to another.
The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
One who feeds, or takes in food.
One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
That which is used to feed.
A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
A branch line of a railway.
A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
(shipbuilding, navigation) A feeder ship.
(US, law) A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court.
(baseball, slang, archaic, 1800s) The pitcher.
(video games, derogatory) A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side.
(obsolete) One who abets another.
(obsolete) A parasite.
(education) Short for feeder school. [A school or college, many of whose graduates continue their education at another specific school or college, or enter a specific profession]

Examples of "feeder" in Sentences

Using and enjoying the feeder is a two step process.
Your feeder is your hunting spot, state laws permitting
The amount of corn spun from a feeder is not intended to "feed" the deer.
Trend agency Trendwatching.com invented the term feeder business” for companies that feed off giants like Amazon or eBay.
Explain to me how hunting from a deer blind near a corn feeder is any different than setting up near a water source or putting out doe urine during the rut.
In the old days, a spin feeder putting out a pound or two corn in the morning and evening “helped” attract and pattern deer so you MIGHT see one coming in while you are there.
I mentioned earlier this morning that what -- you see the storm moving to the northeast, but it's not only doing that, where the rain comes through and that's it, it's done, when you're talking about a tropical system, you have this counterclockwise rotation and what we call feeder bands.