digester
Americannoun
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a person or thing that digests.
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Chemistry. Also digestor an apparatus in which substances are softened or disintegrated by moisture, heat, chemical action, or the like.
noun
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chem an apparatus or vessel, such as an autoclave, in which digestion is carried out
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a less common word for digestant
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a person or thing that digests
Etymology
Origin of digester
Example Sentences
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And New York State requires large food businesses to donate excess edible food and recycle remaining scraps if they are within 25 miles of a composting facility or anaerobic digester.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2024
In 2016, a lightning strike ignited methane stored in a waste digester, operated by company Agrivert, at Benson, near Wallingford, causing a fire which burned for 20 minutes and destroyed the roof.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
The facility would not be the first of its kind in the Yakima Valley; a smaller anaerobic digester is in operation near Outlook.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
Early this year, the prospect of a new digester in Rock Valley, Iowa, was heralded as a sustainable solution for nearby farming communities in the northwest corner of the state.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
To dissolve it, the broken fragments are introduced into a iron digester charged with a sufficient quantity of water, at a high pressure, to make a solution marking 33° to 35° Baume.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 by Various
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