Meaning of STRAINER
| Pronunciation: | | 'streynur
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| | Definition: | | [n] a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through |
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| | See Also: | | colander, cullender, filter, screen, sieve, tea-strainer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Strain"er\, n.
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.
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