1. a container or device that supplies food to animals or birds
2. a person or animal that eats in a particular way
3. a road, railway line, or airline that connects smaller places to a main route

Examples

• We hung a bird feeder in our backyard to attract cardinals.
• The automatic pet feeder dispenses food twice a day.
• Cattle are heavy feeders and require lots of grass.
• The feeder road connects our neighborhood to the highway.
• A feeder airline brings passengers from small towns to major airports.
• The paper feeder on the printer is jammed.
• She filled the hummingbird feeder with sugar water.