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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through;


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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

strainer n 1: a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "strainer": 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