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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Instead, “that money went to this dairy digester program that does not benefit this area.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
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
Agriculturally focused states are seeing increased pushes for more manure digester facilities.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
The firm has installed an anaerobic digester, which feeds potato waste to bacteria to produce useful methane.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2020
Real mental attention, the true digester of knowledge, is never roused.
From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by Hart, John S. (John Seely)
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