strainer

strain·er (str

1. One that strains, as a device used to separate liquids from solids.

2. An apparatus for tightening, stretching, or strengthening.

strainer

tea ball strainer

strainer [ˈstreɪnə]

1. (Cookery) a sieve used for straining sauces, vegetables, tea, etc.

2. (Engineering / Tools) a gauze or simple filter used to strain liquids

3. (Engineering / Tools) Austral and NZ a self-locking device or a tool for tightening fencing wire

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Austral and NZ the main post in a wire fence, often diagonally braced

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Noun

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

colander, cullender - bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods

filter - device that removes something from whatever passes through it

sieve, screen - a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

tea-strainer - a device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of tea

strainer

noun sieve, filter, colander, riddle, sifter a tea strainer

Translations

strainer [ˈstreɪnəʳ] N (Culin) → colador m (Tech) → filtro m, coladero m

strainer [ˈstreɪnə^r] n → passoire f
a tea strainer → une passoire à thé

strainer

(Cook) → Sieb nt

(Tech) → Filter m

strainer [ˈstreɪnəʳ] n (Culin) → passino, colino

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angled loofah
colander
cullender
dishcloth gourd
filter
genus Luffa
loofa
loofah
loufah sponge
luffa
Luffa acutangula
Luffa cylindrica
rag gourd
sieve
sing-kwa
soup-strainer
sponge gourd
strainer vine
tea strainer

One has suggested, that if such a "leach-hole" should be found, its connection with the meadow, if any existed, might be proved by conveying some, colored powder or sawdust to the mouth of the hole, and then putting a strainer over the spring in the meadow, which would catch some of the particles carried through by the current.

Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context

He curdled half the milk and set it aside in wicker strainers, but the other half he poured into bowls that he might drink it for his supper.

The Odyssey by Homer View in context

They trudged onwards with slanted bodies through the flossy fields, keeping as well as they could in the shelter of hedges, which, however, acted as strainers rather than screens.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

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