seeder
/'si:də/
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Definition
- 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
- a kitchen utensil that removes seeds from fruit
- a mechanical device that sows grass seed or grain evenly over the ground
- a person who seeds clouds