Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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Synonyms: fishess, henfish, hen
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A program which spawns objects or processes as needed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a female fish at spawning time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fish
History
From spawn + -er.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
