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STEMMER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A device for removing stems from fruit (as from grapes or apples)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stemmer" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stemmer" is a kind of...):
tamp; tamper; tamping bar (a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.))
Sense 3
Meaning:
An algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem
Synonyms:
stemmer; stemming algorithm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("stemmer" is a kind of...):
algorithm; algorithmic program; algorithmic rule (a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem)
Derivation:
stem (remove the stem from)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stemmer" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("stemmer" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
