'Sifter' definitions:
Definition of 'sifter'
(from WordNet)
noun
A household sieve (as for flour)
Definition of 'Sifter'
From: GCIDE
- Sifter \Sift"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, sifts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell? of the beak. [1913 Webster]