Definition

1. Noun:
   • A kitchen utensil for removing seeds from fruit: A handheld tool designed to efficiently extract seeds from fruits like lemons, oranges, or pomegranates.
   • A mechanical device for sowing seeds: A piece of agricultural equipment used to distribute grass seed, grain, or other small seeds evenly across soil.
   • A person involved in cloud seeding: An individual who performs or is involved in the process of dispersing substances into clouds to induce precipitation.

Usage and Examples

• Noun (Kitchen Utensil):

  • Use a lemon seeder to remove the seeds quickly.
  • This pomegranate seeder makes preparing the fruit much easier.

• Noun (Agricultural Device):

  • The farmer used a seeder to plant the new lawn.
  • Modern seeders ensure precise and even distribution of grain.

• Noun (Person in Weather Modification):

  • The seeder flew the plane into the cloud to disperse silver iodide.

Advanced Usage

• As a classifier: The term can specify the type of device.
  • A broadcast seeder scatters seeds over a wide area.
  • A drill seeder places seeds in rows at a specific depth.

Variants and Related Words

• Seed (verb/noun): The act of sowing or the unit of reproduction from which a plant grows.
• Seeding (noun): The process of sowing seeds or the act of cloud seeding.
• Seedless (adjective): Describing a fruit that lacks developed seeds.

Synonyms

• For kitchen utensil: Seed remover, pitter (for specific fruits like cherries or olives).
• For agricultural device: Sower, planter, broadcast spreader.
• For person: Cloud seeder, weather modifier.

Related Phrases and Compounds

• Cloud seeder: Specifically refers to the person or the aircraft/device used in cloud seeding.
• Lawn seeder: A device designed specifically for sowing grass seed.
• Hand seeder: A small, manually operated device for sowing seeds in gardens.

Noun

1. a kitchen utensil that removes seeds from fruit
2. a mechanical device that sows grass seed or grain evenly over the ground
3. a person who seeds clouds