A hopper is a large cone-shaped device into which substances such as grain, coal, or animal food can be put and from which they can be released when required.
hopper in British English
(ˈhɒpə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that hops
2.
a funnel-shaped chamber or reservoir from which solid materials can be discharged under gravity into a receptacle below, esp for feeding fuel to a furnace, loading a railway truck with grain, etc
3.
a machine used for picking hops
4.
any of various long-legged hopping insects, esp the grasshopper, leaf hopper, and immature locust
5. Also called: hoppercar
an open-topped railway truck for bulk transport of loose minerals, etc, unloaded through doors on the underside
6. South Africa another name for cocopan
7. computing
a device formerly used for holding punched cards and feeding them to a card punch or card reader
Hopper in British English
(ˈhɒpə)
noun
Edward. 1882–1967, US painter, noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes
Hopper in American English
(ˈhɑpər)
Edward1882-1967; U.S. painter
hopper in American English
(ˈhɑpər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that hops
2.
any hopping insect, esp. a grasshopper
3.
a box, tank, rail car, etc., often funnel-shaped, from which the contents can be emptied slowly and evenly
the hopper of an automatic coal stoker
4. US
a freight car with a bottom that opens to unload freight
: in full hopper car
5.
a box into which legislative bills are dropped for introduction, assignment to committees, etc.
often used figuratively
Word origin
ME hoppere; (sense 3) so called from making material “hop”
hopper in Mechanical Engineering
(hɒpər)
Word forms: (regular plural) hoppers
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Manufacturing and assembly)
A hopper is a funnel-shaped container from which solid materials can be emptied into a container below.
The fuel goes into a hopper, which has a hole in the bottom through which it can be fed into the furnace below.
The clay or cement is poured into a hopper from where it empties it into a tank to be mixed with water or other liquids.
A hopper is a funnel-shaped container from which solid materials can be emptied into a containerbelow.
Examples of 'hopper' in a sentence
hopper
A hopper, for instance which was on wheels but could not be moved about the yard.
Lewis, Roy A TROUT IN THE MILK
`The weight of the hopper ," the Senior Planning Officer replied, `had caused the wheels to sink into the soft ground.
Lewis, Roy A TROUT IN THE MILK
Maloney turned back to his pasta machine and fed another chunk of dough into the hopper.
Wood, Ted SNOWJOB
In other languages
hopper
British English: hopper NOUN
A hopper is a large cone-shaped device into which substances such as grain, coal, or animal food can be put and from which they can be released when required.
American English: hopper
Brazilian Portuguese: tremonha
Chinese: 料斗
European Spanish: tolva
French: trémie
German: Einfülltrichter
Italian: tramoggia
Japanese: ホッパー
Korean: v자형 용기 호퍼
European Portuguese: tremonha
Latin American Spanish: tolva
All related terms of 'hopper'
card hopper
a device that allows cards of varying thicknesses to be fed individually through an outlet opening in a printer without adjustment
job hopper
a person who job-hops
leaf-hopper
any homopterous insect of the family Cicadellidae, including various pests of crops
sand hopper
any of various small hopping amphipod crustaceans of the genus Orchestia and related genera, common in intertidal regions of seashores
job-hop
to change jobs , esp frequently
quota-hopping
(in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen
table-hop
to leave one's table in a restaurant , nightclub , etc. and visit about at other tables