digester

English

Etymology

to digest + -er

Noun

digester (plural digesters)

1. One who, or that which, digests.
2. (dated) A medicine or food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power.
   • Sir W. Temple

     Rice is […] a great restorer of health, and a great digester.

3. A strong closed vessel in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them.

Translations

strong closed vessel

• Finnish: keitin (fi), painekattila (fi), -kattila (fi) (see e.g. sellukattila)

Anagrams

• redigest