stemmer, n.
(stemmers)
(stemmers)
a device for removing stems from fruit (as from grapes or apples)
<noun.artifact>
stemmer
semantic pointers
hypernym
a miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge
<noun.artifact>
stemmer
semantic pointers
hypernym
an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem
<noun.cognition>
stemmer stemming algorithm
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers
<noun.person>
stemmer
semantic pointers
hypernym
a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
<noun.person>
sprigger stemmer stripper