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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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