Definitions for seeders

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seeders seed·er

Spelling: [see-der]

IPA: /ˈsi dər/

Seeders is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in seeders (deeerss).

Definitions for seeders

noun

1. a person or thing that seeds.
2. any of various apparatus for sowing seeds in the ground, ranging from simple devices that deposit seed evenly over a plot of land to complex machines that prepare a hole in the earth, insert a seed or seeds at the proper depth, and cover the hole again.
3. a plant that produces many seeds, especially one grown mainly to produce seeds for growing other plants.
4. a device or utensil for removing seeds, as from grapefruit.
5. a device used to scatter particles of silver iodide, carbon dioxide, etc., in clouds to induce precipitation.

Origin of seeders

before 950; Middle English sedere, Old English sǣdere. See seed, -er¹

Examples for seeders

Those most in favor for ordinary sowing consist of a seeder wheeled over the ground on a frame resembling that of a wheelbarrow.

We also manufacture the seeder with Cultivators of different widths.

He passed Nathan on his way to the field one spring morning and noticed that Nathan was using a seeder from the Hunter farm.

It lay now awaiting the plough and seeder of the intrepid pioneer.

The operator saddled the seeder on his shoulder by means of a strap fastened to the seed sack.

About the center of the drum is a wooden, metal-rimmed wheel which ran down the furrow, keeping the seeder on course.

The men had followed the harrow and seeder a while that morning.

If ever a land was spread out as a challenge to the plow and seeder, here it was.

A gauge on the seeder could be set to sow a prescribed amount of seeds per acre.

The seeder is equipped with a gauge which can be set to sow prescribed amounts of seed per acre.