stemmer

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noun

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

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stripperspriggerstemming algorithm
OriginEnglish stem ← Middle English stemme ← Old English stemn →
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Meanings

nounstemmer (plural stemmers)

plural stemmers

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books

Similar
strippersprigger
Broader
worker

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

Similar
stemming algorithm
Broader
algorithmalgorithmic rulealgorithmic program
Also see
spriggerstripper

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂mn̥
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂mnís
  4. Proto-Germanic*stamniz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*stamni
  6. Old Englishstemn
  7. Middle Englishstemme
  8. Englishstem
  9. Englishstemmer

From stem + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

stemmer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stemmer

MLA

“stemmer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stemmer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stemmer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stemmer.

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