sifter
(noun) a household sieve (as for flour)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sifter (plural sifters)
A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
(rare) One who sifts.
Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak.
• Fister, firest, firste, fister, freits, refits, resift, rifest, strife
Source: Wiktionary
Sift"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, sifts.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
