A Topical Dictionary: Search for strainer

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English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪnə(r)|-eɪnə(r)

Noun

One who strains.
That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.

Translations

Finnish: siivilä

Italian: colino

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Strainer \Strain"er\, n.
1. One who strains.
[1913 Webster]

2. That through which any liquid is passed for purification
or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen
or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the
character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an
openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the
suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from
entering with a liquid.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet strainer
n : a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and
liquids pass through

Moby Dictionary
clarifier , colander , cradle , cribble , cribriformity , cribrosity ,
filter , honeycomb , lixiviator , net , percolator , porosity ,
porousness , purifier , refiner , refinery , riddle , rocker , screen ,
sieve , sievelikeness , sifter , sponge , winnow , winnowing basket ,
winnowing fan , winnowing machine