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
stemmer (plural stemmers)
(computing, linguistics) Software used to produce the stem from the inflected form of words.
• 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
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
