noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Software used to produce the stem from the inflected form of words.
2. 2
   a device for removing stems from fruit (as from grapes or apples) wordnet
3. 3
   a miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge wordnet
4. 4
   an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem wordnet
5. 5
   a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers wordnet

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6. 6
   a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

spriggerstemming algorithmstripperstripper

Etymology

From stem + -er.

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