eater
/ˈiː.tə/US/ˈiː.tɚ/
eater noun: a person or animal who eats.
Noun
eater (plural eaters)
- A person or animal who eats.
- a very fussy eater
- "He is the right sort of man for a labourer, but he is a terrible eater, to be sure," thought the farmer.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 96
- A fruit or other food that is suitable for eating, especially one that is intended to be eaten uncooked.
- The bass is a fine eater.1911, Robert Ernest Vernède, The Fair Dominion: A Record of Canadian Impressions, page 98
- For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers.2004, Laura Mason, Food Culture in Great Britain, page 94
- A configuration of cells that appears to consume another configuration by gradually causing it to disappear.
- But there are many queen bee configurations in which the debris is neutralized, including placement of a block or eater near the bee's turnaround point, or placing two queen bees in a line or at right angles in various positions and phases.1989 October 31, Scott Huddleston, “life: glider guns”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
- The eater can also destroy a snail, but changes its phase while doing so.1997 November 30, David Bell, “Day & Night - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 2/5)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
eater meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
eater in Hindi
- one who eats
- आहारी āhārī, भक्षी bhakṣī, भोक्ता bhoktā, भक्षक bhakṣak
eater in Tamil
- eater, one who eats
- உண்ணி uṇṇi
eater in Marathi
- eater, consumer; the feeding habits of people or animals
- आहारी āhārī
eater in Urdu
- کھانے والا
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- eater in Bengali
- খাইন্যা khainna
- eater in Telugu
- తిండి tiṇḍi, భోక్త bhōkta
- eater in Malayalam
- ഭക്ഷണം കഴിക്കുന്നയാൾ
- eater in Punjabi
- ਖਾਣ ਵਾਲਾ
- eater in Sanskrit
- अश्मन् áśman, भोक्तृ bhoktṛ, अत्तृ attṛ́
- eater in Assamese
- ভোক্তা bhükta
- eater in Arabic
- آكِل ʔākil
Examples of eater in a sentence
- "Eaters of human flesh, two things have ye done.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- Coal-eaters they may have been, but a more willing or harder working Atlantic engine was never designed.1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, pages 3, 5:
- Ice cream tastes good to the eater, and has the added advantage of providing a little chill of excitement […]1997, James White, The Best Sex of Your Life, page 166:
Forms of eater
| plural | eaters |
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Origin of eater
From Middle English eter, etere, etter, from Old English etere; equivalent to eat + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix) (food suitable for eating).
Words formed from eater
- ant-eater
- anteater
- ass-eater
- bean-eater
- beaneater
- beaver eater
- beaver-eater
- bee-eater
- Beefeater
- berryeater
- big eater
- binge eater
- birdeater
- blue-cheeked bee-eater
- bolete eater
- cake-eater
- can-eater
- caterpillar eater
- centipede-eater
- chalk eater
- cheese eater
- cheese-eater
- chickeneater
- clay eater
- competitive eater
- crab-eater
- crabeater
- crab-eater seal
- crayon eater
- croweater
- crow-eater
- crow eater
- dogeater
- eartheater
- eatress
- egg-eater
- European bee-eater
- fig-eater
- fireeater
- fire-eater
- fire eater
- flying purple people eater
- flying purple people-eater
- fog-eater
- foreskin eater
- foreskin-eater
- frog-eater
- frogeater
- fruiteater
- fruit-eater
- gnateater
- golden sand-eater
- grasseater
- grass-eater
- green bee-eater
- Haweater
- honeyeater
- leafeater
- little green bee-eater
- lotus-eater
Phrases with eater
- sin eater
- bean eater
- meat eater
- rice eater
- time eater
- toad eater
- weed eater
- Death Eater
- lotus eater
- picky eater
- plant eater
- Sheep Eater
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Words that rhyme with eater
Questions about eater
- What does eater mean?
- Eater means a person or animal who eats.
- What is eater in Hindi?
- Eater in Hindi is आहारी (āhārī), भक्षी (bhakṣī), भोक्ता (bhoktā). See Eater meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use eater in a sentence?
- "Eaters of human flesh, two things have ye done.
- What part of speech is eater?
- Eater is a noun.
- How do you pronounce eater?
- Eater is pronounced /ˈiː.tɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of eater?
- The plural of eater is eaters.
Words near eater in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eater (page history and authors); உண்ணி (Tamil) (page history and authors); आहारी (Marathi) (page history and authors); eater (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); খাইন্যা (Bengali) (page history and authors); తిండి (Telugu) (page history and authors); eater (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eater (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अत्तृ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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