Meanings
nounspawner (plural spawners)
plural spawners
- computingA program which spawns objects or processes as needed
- video gamesAn object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects.
[…] at this point, there are enemy birds that fly out of the pipe and attack the player's avatar. The pipes themselves are "enemy spawners" […]
2006, Alice J. Robison, Inventing fun: videogame design as a writing process, page 77
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn
Origin
Translations
Danish hunfisk
- hunfiskfemale fish
Dutch kuiter
- kuiterfemale fish
Esperanto fiŝino
- fiŝinofemale fish
German Rogener, Rogner
- Rogenerfemale fish
- Rognerfemale fish
- Rogenfischfemale fish
Icelandic hrygna
- hrygnafemale fish
Norwegian Bokmål hunnfisk
- hunnfiskfemale fish
Portuguese peixa
- peixafemale fish
Romanian peștoaică
- peștoaicăfemale fish
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Cite this entry
APA
spawner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spawner
MLA
“spawner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spawner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spawner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spawner.
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