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Webster 1913 Edition


Strainer

Strain′er

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Noun.
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 suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.

Webster 1828 Edition


Strainer

STRAINER

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Noun.
That through which any liquid passes for purification; an instrument for filtration.
The lacteals of animal bodies are the strainers to separate the pure emulsion from its feces. [This doctrine is now questioned.]

Definition 2024


strainer

strainer

English

Noun

strainer (plural strainers)

  1. A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid; any device functioning as a sieve or filter - in special, a perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
  2. One who strains.

Synonyms

  • (device for straining liquids): sile

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