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sifter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sifter has 1 sense
- sifter(n = noun.artifact) Array - a household sieve (as for flour); Array is a kind of screen, sieve
Derived form verb sift2
CIDE DICTIONARY
sifter, n.
- One who, or that which, sifts. [1913 Webster]
- Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
sifter
bolter, clarifier, colander, cradle, cribble, filter, grate, grating, lixiviator, percolator, purifier, refiner, refinery, riddle, rocker, screen, sieve, sorter, strainer, winnow, winnowing basket, winnowing fan, winnowing machine
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