stemmer meaning

stemmer as a noun

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

   Synonyms: stripper, sprigger

   Type of: worker

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

   Type of: worker

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

   Synonyms: stemming algorithm

   Type of: algorithm

   Related forms: stem

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

   Type of: tamp

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

   Type of: device

How to pronounce stemmer

stemmer is pronounced /ˈstɛmɚ/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with stemmer

• tremor