¦ adjective
1. of or denoting a gender of nouns typically contrasting with masculine and feminine or common.
2. (of an animal) lacking developed sexual organs; castrated or spayed.
(of a plant or flower) having neither functional pistils nor stamens.
¦ noun
1. Grammar a neuter word.
2. a non-fertile caste of social insect, especially a worker bee or ant.
a castrated or spayed domestic animal.
¦ verb
1. castrate or spay (a domestic animal).
2. make ineffective.
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. neuter 'neither', from ne- 'not' + uter 'either'.