STRAINERS

Noun

strainers

plural of strainer

Anagrams

• arrestins, restrains, tarriness, transires

Source: Wiktionary


STRAINER

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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