digester
/daɪˈdʒɛstər/
noun
- A person or thing that breaks down food in the stomach or another part of the digestive system.
- A healthy digester relies on good bacteria to help break down food.
- The stomach is the main digester of proteins in the human body.
- Some animals have multiple digesters to process tough plant material.
- A container or machine used to break down organic material, such as in composting or wastewater treatment.
- The farm uses a large digester to turn food scraps into fertilizer.
- They installed a new digester to process kitchen waste more efficiently.
- Methane gas from the digester powers the entire treatment plant.
- A person who reads or studies something carefully in order to understand or summarize it.
- He is a quick digester of complex scientific papers.
- As a news digester, she reads multiple articles every morning.
- The editor is a skilled digester of long reports, turning them into short summaries.