hopper

IPA: hˈɑpɝ

One who or that which hops.
A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
Various insects
A grasshopper or locust, especially:
The immature form of a locust.
The larva of a cheese fly.
A leafhopper.
Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
An artificial fishing lure.
(slang) A toilet.
(music) An escapement lever in a piano.
(obsolete) The game of hopscotch.
A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
A hopper car.
(chess) A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
A person or machine that picks hops.
A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
A surname.

Examples of "hopper" in Sentences

The waste will then slide into the hopper of the truck.
Another variant of the flame fougasse was the hedge hopper.
The conveyor assembly rests on the bottom wall of the hopper.
For the injection molding press,a desiccant hopper dryer is recommended.
The later engines would haul 55 ton capacity hoppers, of tare weight 20 tons.
A fluid system provides the locomotion and controls for the dispensing hopper.
Hopper is the most modern of the American realists, and the most contemporary.
The cut sections fall through the hopper to a pre formed furrow in the ground.
A hopper is disposed above the funnel for dispensing the mixture to the funnel.
A carton is positioned under the trap door of the hopper for receiving the bags.