strainer
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass throughType of filterKinds sieve, colander, tea-strainer
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Strain′er noun
1. One who strains.
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54