strainer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English strener, streynour, strenyour, equivalent to strain + -er.
Base: strain
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: strainers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
pos: noun
gloss: A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
pos: noun
gloss: Debris in water that blocks the passage of solid objects.
pos: noun
examples: A strainer is something on the surface of the water that allows water to pass through it but not solid objects, like boats and people. Strainers are likely to consist of fallen trees, old fencing, guardrails […]
gloss: One who strains.
pos: noun
examples: An important factor with respect to recurrence [of rectal prolapse] is the fact that many of these patients are chronic strainers.
Synonyms: sieve
sile
temse
Derived words: cocktail strainer
fish strainer
gnat-strainer
microstrainer
soup strainer
spider strainer
strainerless
strainer post
tea strainer
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مِصْفَاة
roman: miṣfāh
lang: Central Bikol
word: sernian
lang: Bulgarian
word: цедка
roman: cedka
lang: Catalan
word: colador
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 濾器 /滤器
roman: lǜqì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 滤器
roman: lǜqì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 過濾器 /过滤器
roman: guòlǜqì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 过滤器
roman: guòlǜqì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 網濾 /网滤
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 网滤
roman: wǎnglǜ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 笊籬 /笊篱
roman: zhàoli
lang: Dutch
word: filter
lang: Dutch
word: vergiet
lang: Esperanto
word: kribrilo
lang: Finnish
word: siivilä
lang: French
word: filtre
lang: Georgian
word: თუშფალანგი
roman: tušpalangi
lang: German
word: Sieb
lang: German
word: Durchschlag
lang: Greek
word: σουρωτήρι
roman: sourotíri
lang: Hindi
word: छन्नी
roman: channī
lang: Hungarian
word: szűrő
lang: Hungarian
word: szita
lang: Icelandic
word: sigti
lang: Irish
word: síothlán
lang: Italian
word: colino
lang: Italian
word: colatoio
lang: Japanese
word: 濾過器
roman: rokaki
lang: Japanese
word: ストレーナー
roman: sutorēnā
lang: Latin
word: cōlum
lang: Macedonian
word: це́далка
roman: cédalka
lang: Macedonian
word: це́дилка
roman: cédilka
lang: Malayalam
word: അരിപ്പ
roman: arippa
lang: Māori
word: tātari
lang: Occitan
word: filtre
lang: Occitan
word: colador
lang: Occitan
word: mancha
lang: Persian
word: ماشوب
roman: mâšub
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Säw
lang: Polish
word: sito
lang: Polish
word: cedzak
lang: Portuguese
word: peneira
lang: Romanian
word: strecurătoare
lang: Russian
word: си́то
roman: síto
lang: Russian
word: фильтр
roman: filʹtr
lang: Russian
word: си́течко
roman: sítečko
lang: Russian
word: дуршла́г
roman: duršlág
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sìoltachan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цедило
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cedilo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цједило
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cjedilo
lang: Slovak
word: sito
lang: Slovak
word: cedidlo
lang: Spanish
word: colador
lang: Spanish
word: filtro
lang: Swedish
word: sil
lang: Swedish
word: filter
lang: Swedish
word: durkslag
lang: Swedish
word: sikt
lang: Tagalog
word: salaan
lang: Tamil
word: வடிகட்டி
roman: vaṭikaṭṭi
lang: Turkish
word: süzgeç
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سوزكج
roman: süzgec
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: مصفات
roman: misfât
lang: Waray-Waray
word: saraan