Sifter

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sifter \Sift"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, sifts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) 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? of the beak.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sifter
       n : a household sieve (as for flour)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "sifter":
     bolter, clarifier, colander, cradle, cribble, filter, grate,
     grating, lixiviator, percolator, purifier, refiner, refinery,
     riddle, rocker, screen, sieve, sorter, strainer, winnow,
     winnowing basket, winnowing fan, winnowing machine