- Tributary channel - One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment;
steward. - One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. - One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or
fattened. - One who fattens cattle for slaughter. - A stream that flows into another body of water; a
tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which
supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow. - A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line
which increases the business of the main line.