Neuter (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. Grammar.
    • noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine.
    • (of a verb) intransitive.
  2. having no organs of reproduction; without sex; asexual.
  3. having imperfectly developed sexual organs, as the worker bees and ants.
  4. neutral; siding with no one.
noun
  1. Grammar.
    • the neuter gender.
    • a noun of that gender.
    • another element marking that gender.
    • an intransitive verb.
  2. an animal made sterile by castration or spaying.
  3. a neuter insect.
  4. a person or thing that is neutral.
verb (used with object)
  1. to spay or castrate (a dog, cat, etc.).
adjective
  1. grammar
    • denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns which for the most part have inanimate referents or do not specify the sex of their referents
    • (as noun)
  2. (of animals and plants) having nonfunctional, underdeveloped, or absent reproductive organs
  3. sexless or giving no indication of sex
noun
  1. a sexually underdeveloped female insect, such as a worker bee
  2. a castrated animal, esp a domestic animal
  3. a flower in which the stamens and pistil are absent or nonfunctional
verb
  1. to castrate or spay (an animal)
Neuter (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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