1. a container or apparatus in which substances are broken down by heat, pressure, or chemical action
Usage: technical
2. a person or animal that digests food in a particular way

Examples

• The industrial digester broke down organic waste into biogas.
• The anaerobic digester converted sewage into methane fuel.
• Engineers monitored the temperature inside the digester tank.
• The paper mill used a chemical digester to process wood chips.
• Cows are efficient digesters of grass and hay.
• Some people are poor digesters of dairy products.