'Percolator' definitions:
Definition of 'percolator'
(from WordNet)
noun
A coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans
Definition of 'Percolator'
From: GCIDE
- Percolator \Per"co*la`tor\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, filters. "[Tissues] act as percolators." --Henfrey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A type of coffee pot in which the heated water is driven by its boiling action up above a porous canister of coffee held above the level of the water in the pot, and then filters (percolates) back through the coffee thus extracting its essence. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
- 3. (Pharmacy) An apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'percolator'
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