STEMMER

stemmer

(noun) a device for removing stems from fruit (as from grapes or apples)

stemmer

(noun) a miner’s tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge

stemmer, stemming algorithm

(noun) an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem

stemmer

(noun) a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers

stripper, stemmer, sprigger

(noun) a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stemmer (plural stemmers)

(computing, linguistics) Software used to produce the stem from the inflected form of words.

Anagrams

• Emmerts

Source: Wiktionary


Stem"mer, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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