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3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Percolator \Per"co*la`tor\, n. 1. One who, or that which, filters. "[Tissues] act as percolators." --Henfrey. [1913 Webster] 2. A type of coffee pot in which the heated water is driven by its boiling action up above a porous canister of coffee held above the level of the water in the pot, and then filters (percolates) back through the coffee thus extracting its essence. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 3. (Pharmacy) An apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: percolator n : a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 19 Moby Thesaurus words for "percolator": clarifier, colander, cradle, cribble, filter, lixiviator, purifier, refiner, refinery, riddle, rocker, screen, sieve, sifter, strainer, winnow, winnowing basket, winnowing fan, winnowing machine
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