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seeder

seeder noun: a device used to plant seeds; a seed drill.

Noun

seeder (plural seeders)

  1. A device used to plant seeds; a seed drill.
  2. A person who sows seeds.
  3. An implement used to remove the seeds from fruit etc.
  4. A person who seeds clouds in order to make it rain
  5. (Internet, file sharing) A person connected to a peer-to-peer network who has a complete or partial copy of a given file and makes it available for downloading.
  6. A process that seeds a random number generator.
  7. A stamp-type leatherworking tool predominantly used in floral designs to represent the seeds in the center of a flower.

Antonyms of seeder

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Forms of seeder

pluralseeders

Origin of seeder

From Middle English seeder, seder, from Old English sǣdere (“sower”), equivalent to seed + -er.

Words formed from seeder

Questions about seeder

What does seeder mean?
Seeder means a device used to plant seeds; a seed drill.
What part of speech is seeder?
Seeder is a noun.
What is the plural of seeder?
The plural of seeder is seeders.

Words near seeder in the dictionary

  1. seedeaters
  2. seedeating
  3. seeded
  4. seeded down
  5. seededness
  6. seeder
  7. seeders
  8. seedes
  9. seedest
  10. seedeth
  11. seedfall

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