'Strainer' definitions:
Definition of 'strainer'
(from WordNet)
noun
A filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
Definition of 'Strainer'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'strainer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
Words containing 'Strainer'
- Fish strainer,
- Gnat strainer,
- strainer vine,
- soup-strainer,
- tea-strainer,
- The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed