Strainer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that strains, as a device used to separate liquids from solids.
  • n. An apparatus for tightening, stretching, or strengthening.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid; any device functioning as a sieve or filter - in special, a perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
  • n. One who strains.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who strains.
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which strains.
  • n. A stretcher or tightener: as, a strainer for wire fences.
  • n. Any utensil for separating small solid particles from the liquid that contains them, either to preserve the solid objects or to clarify the liquid, or for both purposes.
  • n. In carriage-building: A reinforcing strip or button at the back of a panel.
  • n. Canvas glued to the back of a panel to prevent warping or cracking. Also called stretcher.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    filter   
    Cross Reference
    strainer of hippocrates    macomb strainer   
    Hyponym
    screen    sieve    colander    tea-strainer    cullender   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sieve    colature    colatory    bolter    physeter    colander    filter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sieve    colander    ladle    drain    nozzle    hose    ewer   
     
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