Feeder may refer to:

Technology

* Feeder (livestock equipment) * Feeder (beekeeping), any of several devices used in apiculture to supplement or replace natural food sources *

Feeder (casting) A riser, also known as a feeder, is a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent cavities due to shrinkage. Most metals are less dense as a liquid than as a solid so castings shrink upon cooling, which can leave a void at the last poi ...

, another name for a riser, a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent cavities due to shrinkage * Feeder cells, are cells that line a

Petri dish A Petri dish (alternatively known as a Petri plate or cell-culture dish) is a shallow transparent lidded dish that biologists use to hold growth medium in which cells can be cultured,R. C. Dubey (2014): ''A Textbook Of Biotechnology For Class- ...

to provide cell contact for cells or tissues that grow on top of the feeder cells * Feeder, frontage road, or other small road eventually delivering traffic to a larger one *

Feeder line (disambiguation) Feeder line may refer to: *Feeder line (network), a branch line of a communications or other network *Feeder line development program, a part of the 1980 Staggers Rail Act that allows the Interstate Commerce Commission (now the Surface Transportatio ...

, a peripheral route or branch from a main line or trunk line * Aquarium fish feeder, an electric or electronic device that is designed to feed aquarium fish at regular intervals * Automatic document feeder, in office equipment * Bird feeder * Bowl feeder, used to feed components automation applications * Bulk feeder * Leaky feeder, a communications system used in underground mining and other tunnel environments *

Rotary feeder Rotary feeders, also known as rotary airlocks or rotary valves, are commonly used in industrial and agricultural applications as a component in a bulk or specialty material handling system. Rotary feeders are primarily used for discharge of bulk ...

, a component in a bulk or specialty material handling system * Variable rate feeder, a piece of industrial control equipment used to deliver solid material at a known rate into some process * Vibrating feeder, an instrument that uses vibration to feed material to a process or machine * In video game terminology, a character who dies repeatedly

People

* Livestock feeder (person), a farmer rearing and fattening livestock

Vehicles

* Feeder bus,

bus service Public transport bus services are generally based on regular operation of transit buses along a route calling at agreed bus stops according to a published public transport timetable. History of buses Origins While there are indications ...

that brings people from a rail station or transit hub to their final destination or vice versa * Feeder ship, a small-to-medium container ship which collects and distributes containers between ports and hubs

Electrical

* In electric power distribution, voltage power line transferring power from a distribution substation to the distribution transformers * An

electrical wiring Electrical wiring is an electrical installation of cabling and associated devices such as switches, distribution boards, sockets, and light fittings in a structure. Wiring is subject to safety standards for design and installation. Allowable ...

circuit in a building which carries power from a transformer or switch gear to a distribution panel * A circuit conductor between the power supply source and a final branch circuit over current device * Feeder link, a radio link from an earth station at a given location to a space station (up-link), or vice versa (down-link)

Entertainment

* Feeder (band), a Welsh rock group * ''Feeders'' (film), a 1996 low-budget horror film by the Polonia brothers * "The Feeder", filmed as Behind the Make-Up (1930) Mildred Cram

Organisms

* Feeder cattle * Feeder cell, a fibroblast, a type of cell used in human embryonic stem cell research * Feeder fish, certain types of inexpensive fish commonly fed as live prey to captive animals * Fluid feeder (disambiguation), organisms that feed on the fluid of other organisms * Deposit feeder, organisms that obtain nutrients by consuming dissolved organic matter * Live food

Other

* ''Feeder'', a software application for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds on Mac OS X * Feeder (fetish), someone who gains sexual pleasure from helping another gain weight *

Feeder Airlines Feeder Airlines was an airline based in Juba, South Sudan. It started operations on 2 June 2007 operating scheduled and charter services from Juba International Airport. The airline offered international flights to countries neighboring South Suda ...

* Feeder band, a band of squall-like winds and rain on the outside of a tropical cyclone * Feeder barn * Feeder bluff, in geography * Feeder club, another name for a farm team * Feeder formula, in formula racing * Feeder fund, an investment fund which does almost all of its investments through a master fund via a master-feeder relationship * Feeder school