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Strainer

One who strains.

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Colander 76% connected

A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perforated metal,…

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Cullender 76% connected

A strainer. See Colander.

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Screen 76% connected

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

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Sieve 76% connected

A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow…

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Filter 76% connected

Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matte…

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Strain 74% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Strain 74% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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