stemmer

A noun with multiple meanings: it can refer to a worker who strips stems from tobacco leaves or makes stems for artificial flowers; an algorithm used in computational linguistics to reduce words to their root form; a miner's tamping bar; or a device for removing stems from fruit.

• 🇷🇺Существительное с несколькими значениями: может обозначать рабочего, удаляющего стебли с табачных листьев или изготавливающего стебли для искусственных цветов; алгоритм, используемый в компьютерной лингвистике для приведения слов к корневой форме; трамбовку шахтёра; или устройство для удаления плодоножек из фруктов.

1. Tobacco worker C1 formal

   A worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books.

   • The stemmer carefully removed the stems from the tobacco leaves.
   • He worked as a stemmer in the tobacco factory for years.
   • The stemmer's job required precision and speed.

   🇷🇺Стебельщик

2. Artificial flower maker C1 formal

   A worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers.

   • The stemmer attached the wire stems to the silk petals.
   • She learned the trade of a stemmer from her grandmother.
   • The factory employed several stemmers for the artificial flower line.

   🇷🇺Изготовитель стеблей

3. Algorithm C1 formal IT

   An algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem.

   • The search engine uses a stemmer to improve query results.
   • A good stemmer can handle irregular word forms.
   • The linguist developed a new stemmer for the language.

   🇷🇺Стеммер

4. Mining tool C2 formal

   A miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge.

   • The miner used a stemmer to pack the explosive charge.
   • The stemmer was essential for safe blasting operations.
   • He carried the heavy stemmer into the tunnel.

   🇷🇺Забойник

   Синонимы: rammer

5. Fruit processing device C1 formal

   A device for removing stems from fruit, such as grapes or apples.

   • The stemmer efficiently removed stems from the grapes.
   • The apple stemmer saved hours of manual labor.
   • They installed a new stemmer in the processing plant.

   🇷🇺Устройство для удаления плодоножек

• stemmers plural form
• stemmers' possessive plural form
• stemmer's possessive singular form