Definitions for digester

digester di·gest·er

Spelling: [dih-jes-ter, dahy-]
IPA: /dɪˈdʒɛs tər, daɪ-/

Digester is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 307 anagrams from letters in digester (deegirst).

Definitions for digester

noun

  1. a person or thing that digests.
  2. Also, digestor. Chemistry. an apparatus in which substances are softened or disintegrated by moisture, heat, chemical action, or the like.

Origin of digester

First recorded in 1570-80; digest + -er1

Examples for digester

In 1761 he proceeded to experiment on the force of steam by means of a small Papin's digester and a syringe.

A new discovery by a French doctor named Papin of a ‘digester’ for softening bones, caused much discussion at the Society.

Professor Junichen recommends the use of the digester for the purpose of boiling meat and other food.

The boiler or digester is filled with dusted rags, and the requisite amount of alkaline solution added.

In England the same is commonly effected in an iron Papins digester.

His action lasted so long that his digester was filled while his heart was freed of gall.

There should also be a small tube or hole covered with a weighted valve to prevent the danger of bursting the digester.

The clean grass is conveyed by travelling belts to the digester house.

By this means the straw is softened and reduced in bulk, so that a larger quantity can be added before the digester is quite full.

As a digester, Maurice Levy would have disappointed a Borgia.

Word Value for digester
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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