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DIGESTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does digester mean?
• DIGESTER (noun)
The noun DIGESTER has 1 sense:
1. autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested
Familiarity information: DIGESTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("digester" is a kind of...):
autoclave; steriliser; sterilizer (a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments)
Derivation:
digest (convert food into absorbable substances)
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