Stemmer

/ˈstɛmər/

Meaning & Definition

noun

A software tool or algorithm used to reduce words to their root or base form (stem).

The natural language processing application used a stemmer to simplify word analysis.

A device or machine used for removing stems from fruits or vegetables.

The chef used a stemmer to quickly prepare the strawberries for the dessert.

A tool used in botany to trim or manage the stems of plants.

The gardener relied on a stemmer to keep the plants in shape during the growing season.

Derived from the word 'stem', referring to the base part of a plant or word.

stemmer algorithm

A set of rules or processes used by a stemmer to perform its function.

word stemming

The process of reducing inflected words to their root form.

natural language processing

A field of artificial intelligence that focuses on the interaction between computers and human languages.

stem

The main body of a word; the part that remains after affixes are removed.

lemmatizer

A tool that reduces words to their base form, considering the context.

To stem it out

We need to stem it out before we can finalize the project.

To get to the root of the issue

Let's stemmer the problem and find out what's really going on.