hopper

CEFRB1

/ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/

noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A container that feeds materials into a machine.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.

Examples

  • First, they load crushed dry ice into a hopper suspended under a big helium balloon.

  • To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.

  2. One who or that which hops.

  3. A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.

More examples

In context

  • I went over and found the mealies and ground covered with large hoppers, about two weeks old.

  • “And the next year the hoppers came. The sky was so dark with them we had to light the lamps at midday.”

  • Hoppers come in different varieties and can be sweet or savoury, while an egg hopper has an egg in the middle added during cooking.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The grain elevator's large metal blank was filled with corn.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

noun

From Middle English hoppere, alteration of *hoppe (found in grashoppe (“grasshopper”)), from Old English *hoppa (“one who hops, hopper”), equivalent to hop + -er. Cognate with Dutch hopper (“hopper”), Swedish hoppare (“hopper, jumper”), Icelandic hoppari (“hopper”).