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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for strainer:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

strainer
    n 1: a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and
         liquids pass through

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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