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strainer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun strainer has 1 sense
- strainer(n = noun.artifact) Array - a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through; Array has particulars: colander, cullender, screen, sieve, tea-strainer
is a kind of filter
Derived forms verb strain7, verb strain4
CIDE DICTIONARY
strainer, n.
- One who strains. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
THESAURUS
strainer
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
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