stemmer — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Software used to produce the stem from the inflected form of words.

Noun

1. a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books

   Synonyms

   strippersprigger

   Broader terms

   worker

2. a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers

   Broader terms

   worker

3. an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem

   Synonyms

   stemming algorithm

   Broader terms

   algorithmalgorithmic rulealgorithmic program

4. a miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge

   Broader terms

   tamptampertamping bar

5. a device for removing stems from fruit (as from grapes or apples)

   Broader terms

   device