Strainer

3 definitions found

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

  Strainer \Strain"er\, n.
     1. One who strains.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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
        suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from
        entering with a liquid.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strainer
       n : a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and
           liquids pass through

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

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "strainer":
     clarifier, colander, cradle, cribble, cribriformity, cribrosity,
     filter, honeycomb, lixiviator, net, percolator, porosity,
     porousness, purifier, refiner, refinery, riddle, rocker, screen,
     sieve, sievelikeness, sifter, sponge, winnow, winnowing basket,
     winnowing fan, winnowing machine