hopper 
hop·per (häp′ər)
noun
- a person or thing that hops
- any hopping insect, esp. a grasshopper
Etymology: so called from making material “hop”
a box, tank, rail car, etc., often funnel-shaped, from which the contents can be emptied slowly and evenly the hopper of an automatic coal stoker- ☆ a freight car with a bottom that opens to unload freight
- a box into which legislative bills are dropped for introduction, assignment to committees, etc.: often used figuratively
Etymology: ME hoppere
Hop·per (häp′ər)
Hopper, Edward 1882-1967; U.S. painter
Converse of object
- dry: The DP Series dryers can be combined with one or more drying hoppers, to form single or centralized systems.
- feed: This fact sheet includes the construction and use of bat boxes, hedgehog homes, red squirrel feeding hoppers and bumblebee homes.
- fill: The task is to fill the hopper with replica rocks.
- load: The digger cometh... Pressed straight into service, loading the ballast hopper.
- include: Species found include slender ground hopper, great green bush cricket, brown argus, reed and sedge warblers and flowering rush.
Adjective modifier
- large: BRAND NEW Large space hopper with included air pump.
- small: Hundreds of small feed hoppers have been sited across the estate to ensure that the birds have access to wheat all year round.
- new: BRAND NEW Large space hopper with included air pump.
Modifies a noun
- wagon: In 1989 British Rail declared the hopper wagons used to carry the cement works fuel obsolete.
- loader: It can be used to link up to 15 hopper loaders, each having its own unique address.
- barge: Note dredging underway and upturned hopper barge against footbridge pier!
- window: Windows in the center low floor section of the tram have hopper style windows for additional ventilation.
- bus: A hopper bus service runs between the campuses during the day.
- race: Three Pack contains a flag, whistle and finishing tape to ensure the ultimate space hopper race experience... Great party fun.
Noun used with modifier
- ballast: The arrival of ballast hopper wagons from Romania allowed additional relaying to take place this year.
- bogie: Both locomotives were still busy marshaling some enormous bogie hopper wagons that were being filled via tips from the narrow gage line above.
- loading: This is a top loading hopper, which operate by hydraulics.
- leaf: Watch for capsid bugs, winter moth, leaf weevils, fruit tree red spider mite, apple leaf hoppers.
- feed: The system is unaffected by the weight of material in the feed hopper.
- hip: Featuring four unsigned Scottish Bands - Vera Cruz, Miss Jenny, Philly and hip hoppers Reach Out.
Doyouknow,Mr Hopper, dear Agatha and Iaresomuch interested in Australia. It must be so pretty with all the dear littlekangaroosflying about. Agatha has found iton the map.What a curious shape it is! Just like a large packing case.
Edward Hopper is the great painter of American hell in the 20th century, the limner-laureate of the beauty, poignance, eternityand bone-ache disquietude of life.
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