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eater
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun eater has 2 senses
- eater(n = noun.person) feeder - someone who consumes food for nourishment; Array is a kind of consumer
- eater(n = noun.food) Array - any green goods that are good to eat; "these apples are good eaters" is a kind of garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce
has particulars: devourer, diner, dunker, glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman, gobbler, luncher, mouth, mycophage, mycophagist, nosher, snacker, omnivore, picknicker, picnicker, gorger, scoffer, vegetarian
Derived forms verb eat2, verb eat1
Derived form verb eat1
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