Hopper Synonyms

hŏpər
Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. receptacle
  2. storage place
  3. tank
  4. grasshopper
  5. hop-picker
  6. freight-car
  7. hopper car
(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. grounder
  2. ground-ball
  3. groundball

Words Related to Hopper

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Hopper Sentence Examples

  • The coal is dropped into a hopper by a grab.

  • The dressed ore is introduced through a "hopper" at the top, and exposed to a moderate oxidizing flame until a certain proportion of ore is oxidized, openings at the side enabling the workmen to stir up the ore so as to constantly renew the surface exposed to the air.

  • Underneath the top plate of the machine, and strongly framed to it, is a box, which contains the horizontal rods to the ends of which are attached the slides which regu late the flow of sugar from the 8 bottom of the hopper.

  • The rods are held in this position by detents which take hold of the shoulders of the rods, and are acted upon from the front end of the upper beam and the weights-pan end of the lower beam respectively, in order to release the rods at the proper times and reduce orcut off the flow of sugar from the hopper.

  • When it is desired to use the machine, a 4-lb bag is placed under the orifice of the hopper upon the goods-pan of the balance, and the slide rods are thrust back by hand till they are held by their detents, and the sugar flows rapidly into the bag.

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