STRAINER

strainer

(noun) a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

strainer (plural strainers)

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.

Synonym: sile

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.

One who strains.

Anagrams

• arrestin, restrain, retrains, terrains, trainers, transire

Source: Wiktionary

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 suctionpipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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