feeder
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"These small facilities are feeder pools to go into the bigger facilities like the pools in Edinburgh and Aberdeen," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
PPB, based in Conshohocken, Pa., operates a platform that includes feeder funds to facilitate investments in nonpublic asset classes such as private equity and real estate.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
However, when the concentration reaches 2%, they visit the feeder about half as often.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026
Blackstone offset the remaining 0.9% of Bcred redemptions with investments from the firm and its employees in Bcred feeder funds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Gagging sporadically, the volunteer patiently scraped out the corpses, cooked up another sugar solution, and rehung the feeder, although already he was beginning to despair of ever attracting a hummingbird to his humble, accursed digs.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
![]()
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.