In the Hopper Meaning?

if you put something in the hopper, you keep it so that it can be used later. Synonyms and related words. Words used to describe extent of use. at full stretch.

Why is it called a hopper?

More than a century later, the term came to mean a receptacle, shaped like an inverted pyramid or cone, through which grain passed into a mill to be ground. The OED says the “hopper” was “so called because it had originally a hopping or shaking motion.”

What is a hopper in British?

hopper in British English

(ˈhɒpə ) noun. a person or thing that hops. a funnel-shaped chamber or reservoir from which solid materials can be discharged under gravity into a receptacle below, esp for feeding fuel to a furnace, loading a railway truck with grain, etc.