stemmer
stemmer · stemmers
Software used to produce the stem from the inflected form of wordsSoftware used to produce the stem from the inflected form of words.
US/stˈɛmɚ/
Meaning
1 sensesSoftware used to produce the stem from the inflected form of words.
More definitions
- a device for removing stems from fruit (as from grapes or apples)
- a miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge
- an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem
- a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers
Forms
plural: stemmersSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem:stemming algorithm
- a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books:strippersprigger
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedstem