1. containers or devices used to supply food to animals or birds
2. animals that eat in a particular way or eat particular things
3. subsidiary roads, railways, or streams that supply a main system
Usage: technical

Examples

• The bird feeders in our backyard attract cardinals and blue jays.
• We filled the deer feeders with corn before winter.
• Hummingbirds are nectar feeders that visit flowers throughout the day.
• Bottom feeders like catfish eat organisms from the lake floor.
• The highway system includes several feeder roads from residential areas.
• Small feeder streams flow into the main river during spring runoff.