EATER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any green goods that are good to eat

Example:

these apples are good eaters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("eater" is a kind of...):

garden truck; green goods; green groceries; produce (fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market)

Derivation:

eat (take in solid food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who consumes food for nourishment

Synonyms:

eater; feeder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("eater" is a kind of...):

consumer (a person who uses goods or services)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eater"):

devourer (someone who eats greedily or voraciously)

diner (a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant))

dunker (an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it)

glutton; gourmand; gourmandizer; trencherman (a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess)

gobbler (a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls)

luncher (someone who is eating lunch)

mouth (a person conceived as a consumer of food)

mycophage; mycophagist (a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms))

nosher; snacker (someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals)

omnivore (a person who eats all kinds of foods)

picknicker; picnicker (a person who is picnicking)

gorger; scoffer (someone who eats food rapidly and greedily)

vegetarian (eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products)

Derivation:

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

eat (take in solid food)

Credits

Context examples:

Overfishing the waters near coral reefs, however, removes the primary algae-eaters from the environment, allowing populations of fleshy algae to explode.

(Too much algae and too many microbes threaten coral reefs, NSF)

Among the results, participants in the whole-grain group lost approximately 100 more calories per day than refined-grain eaters—the equivalent of walking briskly for 30 minutes, notes Roberts.

(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Based on the findings of the study, hyaenodonts may have been pushed to become more specialized meat-eaters due to competition from other species.

(Fossil discovery in Tanzania reveals ancient bobcat-sized carnivore, National Science Foundation)

Then he dozed off to sleep and to dream dreams that for madness and audacity rivalled those of poppy-eaters.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He drew up his legs, and the man-eater seemed no more than barely to touch one foot, sinking back into the water with a splash.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

As soon as they have you in their power they will kill you without mercy, and cook and eat you, for they are eaters of men.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Doctors from the Duke Center for Atrial Fibrillation in North Carolina, US, highlight that the chocolate eaters in the study were healthier and more highly educated — factors associated with better general health — which might have influenced the findings.

(Eat Chocolate for Steady Heartbea, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

For example, one such group, the turacos (‘banana eaters’) are fruit-eating birds which are only found in the forests and savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa, but fossils of an early turaco relative have been found in modern-day Wyoming, in the northern United States.

(Past climate change pushed birds from the northern hemisphere to the tropics, University of Cambridge)

Some researchers have suggested that links between egg consumption and health problems can largely be explained by the lifestyles of heavy egg eaters, since they may also be more likely to eat foods that are unhealthy for the heart and less likely to exercise regularly.

(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Instead of the gentle, deer-shaped head of the great three-toed leaf-eater, this beast had a broad, squat, toad-like face like that which had alarmed us in our camp.