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• Hopper car — Two bay hopper cars of the Reading Railroad. New hopper cars outside the …   Wikipedia

• Hopper — Hop per, n. [See 1st {Hop}.] 1. One who, or that which, hops. [1913 Webster] 2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hopper boy — Hopper Hop per, n. [See 1st {Hop}.] 1. One who, or that which, hops. [1913 Webster] 2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hopper closet — Hopper Hop per, n. [See 1st {Hop}.] 1. One who, or that which, hops. [1913 Webster] 2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hopper cock — Hopper Hop per, n. [See 1st {Hop}.] 1. One who, or that which, hops. [1913 Webster] 2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hopper — hop‧per [ˈhɒpə ǁ ˈhɑːpər] noun [countable] a large container for waste, animal food, coal etc with a narrow opening at the bottom from where it can be emptied * * * hopper UK US /ˈhɒpər/ noun [C] PRODUCTION ► a large tube, wide at one end,… …   Financial and business terms

• grain elevator — elevator (def. 4). [1850 55] * * * Storage building for grain, usually a tall frame, metal, or concrete structure with a compartmented interior; also, the device for loading grain into a building. One common mechanism consists of a hopper, a long …   Universalium

• Grain elevator — Saskatchewan Wheat Pool No. 7, Thunder Bay, Ontario. A grain elevator is a tower containing a bucket elevator, which scoops up, elevates, and then uses gravity to deposit grain in a silo or other storage facility. In most …   Wikipedia

• hopper — /hop euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that hops. 2. Informal. a person who travels or moves frequently from one place or situation to another (usually used in combination): a two week tour designed for energetic city hoppers. 3. any of various… …   Universalium

• hopper — noun Date: 13th century 1. a. one that hops b. a leaping insect; specifically an immature hopping form of an insect (as a grasshopper or locust) 2. [from the shaking motion of hoppers used to feed grain into a mill] a. a usually funnel shaped… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• grain drill —       machine for planting seed at a controlled depth and in specified amounts. The earliest known version, invented in Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia, history of) by 2000 BC, consisted of a wooden plow equipped with a seed hopper and a tube that… …   Universalium