PERCOLATOR

percolator

(noun) a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

percolator (plural percolators)

A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds

A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.

Anagrams

• procaterol

Source: Wiktionary


Per"co*la`tor, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, filters. "[Tissues] act as percolators." Henfrey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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