infeed
Americanverb (used with object)
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to feed or direct (something) towards (a piece to be worked on).
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to feed or direct (something) towards (machinery which will process that thing).
noun
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material being directed into a machine.
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something which directs material into a machine.
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“Growing up in a juke joint,” he says, “near the racetrack, near the fairground, near the creek, there was always an infeed of sound.”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2018
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