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refiner
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refiner
one whose work is to refine a specific thing; "he was a sugar refiner"
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percolator
collapse
a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans
related words >
clarifier
,
colander
,
cradle
,
cribble
,
filter
,
lixiviator
,
purifier
,
refiner
,
refinery
,
riddle
,
rocker
,
screen
,
sieve
,
sifter
,
strainer
,
winnow
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
sifter
collapse
a household sieve (as for flour)
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bolter
,
clarifier
,
colander
,
cradle
,
cribble
,
filter
,
grate
,
grating
,
lixiviator
,
percolator
,
purifier
,
refiner
,
refinery
,
riddle
,
rocker
,
screen
,
sieve
,
sorter
,
strainer
,
winnow
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
strainer
collapse
a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
related words >
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
colander
collapse
bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods
related words >
bolter
,
clarifier
,
cradle
,
cribble
,
cribriformity
,
cribrosity
,
filter
,
grate
,
grating
,
honeycomb
,
lixiviator
,
net
,
percolator
,
porosity
,
porousness
,
purifier
,
refiner
,
refinery
,
riddle
,
rocker
,
screen
,
sieve
,
sievelikeness
,
sifter
,
sorter
,
sponge
,
strainer
,
winnow
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
purifier
collapse
an apparatus for removing impurities
related words >
abstergent
,
cathartic
,
clarifier
,
cleaner
,
cleaning agent
,
cleaning solvent
,
cleanser
,
cleansing cream
,
colander
,
cold cream
,
cradle
,
cream
,
cribble
,
dentifrice
,
depurant
,
detergent
,
diuretic
,
emetic
,
enema
,
filter
,
holystone
,
lixiviator
,
lotion
,
mouthwash
,
nauseant
,
percolator
,
pumice stone
,
purgative
,
purge
,
refiner
,
refinery
,
riddle
,
rinse
,
rocker
,
screen
,
shampoo
,
sieve
,
sifter
,
soap
,
solvent
,
strainer
,
synthetic detergent
,
tooth powder
,
toothpaste
,
wash
,
winnow
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
rocker
collapse
a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro
an ice skate with a curved blade
a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
a performer or composer or fan of rock music
an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle
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burin
,
clarifier
,
colander
,
cradle
,
cribble
,
die
,
engraving tool
,
etching ball
,
etching ground
,
etching needle
,
etching point
,
filter
,
graver
,
intaglio
,
lixiviator
,
metronome
,
needle
,
oscillator
,
pendulum
,
percolator
,
point
,
punch
,
purifier
,
refiner
,
refinery
,
riddle
,
rocking chair
,
rocking stone
,
scorper
,
screen
,
seal
,
seesaw
,
shuttle
,
shuttlecock
,
sieve
,
sifter
,
stamp
,
strainer
,
style
,
swing
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
teeterboard
,
teetery-bender
,
vibrator
,
winnow
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
refinery
collapse
an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
related words >
armory
,
arsenal
,
assembly line
,
assembly plant
,
atomic energy plant
,
bindery
,
boatyard
,
boilery
,
bookbindery
,
brewery
,
brickyard
,
cannery
,
clarifier
,
colander
,
cradle
,
creamery
,
cribble
,
dairy
,
defense plant
,
distillery
,
dockyard
,
factory
,
factory belt
,
factory district
,
feeder plant
,
filter
,
flour mill
,
industrial park
,
industrial zone
,
lixiviator
,
main plant
,
manufactory
,
manufacturing plant
,
manufacturing quarter
,
mill
,
mint
,
munitions plant
,
oil refinery
,
packing house
,
percolator
,
plant
,
pottery
,
power plant
,
production line
,
purifier
,
push-button plant
,
refiner
,
riddle
,
rocker
,
sawmill
,
screen
,
shipyard
,
sieve
,
sifter
,
strainer
,
subassembly plant
,
sugar refinery
,
tannery
,
winery
,
winnow
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
,
yard
,
yards
filter
collapse
device that removes something from whatever passes through it
an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"
related words >
bleed
,
bolt
,
butterfly
,
cheesecloth
,
clarifier
,
clarify
,
clean
,
clear
,
cloth
,
colander
,
condense
,
cradle
,
cribble
,
decrassify
,
depurate
,
diffusing screen
,
discharge
,
distill
,
drain
,
dribble
,
drip
,
dripple
,
drop
,
edulcorate
,
effuse
,
eliminate
,
elute
,
emit
,
essentialize
,
exclude
,
excrete
,
exfiltrate
,
extract
,
extravasate
,
exudate
,
exude
,
filtrate
,
frosted glass
,
frosted lens
,
gauze
,
gelatin filter
,
give off
,
ground glass
,
gurgle
,
leach
,
lens hood
,
light filter
,
lixiviate
,
lixiviator
,
membrane
,
ooze
,
pass through
,
percolate
,
percolator
,
purifier
,
purify
,
rectify
,
reek
,
refine
,
refiner
,
refinery
,
riddle
,
rocker
,
run through
,
screen
,
seep
,
separate
,
sieve
,
sift
,
sifter
,
smoked glass
,
spiritualize
,
spurtle
,
stained glass
,
strain
,
strainer
,
sublimate
,
sublime
,
transude
,
trickle
,
try
,
weed out
,
weep
,
winnow
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
winnow
collapse
the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"
blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"
separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"
blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"
related words >
aerate
,
air
,
air out
,
air-condition
,
air-cool
,
airify
,
analyze
,
appraise
,
assess
,
bolt
,
catalog
,
categorize
,
choose out
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clarifier
,
clarify
,
class
,
classify
,
clear
,
colander
,
comb
,
contradistinguish
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
cradle
,
cribble
,
cross-ventilate
,
cull
,
cull out
,
decide between
,
decrassify
,
demarcate
,
demark
,
depurate
,
differentiate
,
discriminate
,
distill
,
distinguish
,
divide
,
draw the line
,
edulcorate
,
elute
,
essentialize
,
evaluate
,
excerpt
,
extract
,
factor
,
fan
,
filter
,
filtrate
,
freshen
,
gauge
,
ghettoize
,
gin
,
glean
,
group
,
handpick
,
identify
,
insulate
,
isolate
,
keep apart
,
keep aside
,
lay aside
,
leach
,
lixiviate
,
lixiviator
,
make a selection
,
mark the interface
,
oxygenate
,
oxygenize
,
percolate
,
percolator
,
pick
,
pick out
,
purifier
,
purify
,
put aside
,
quarantine
,
rectify
,
refine
,
refiner
,
refinery
,
refresh
,
riddle
,
rocker
,
ruffle
,
screen
,
screen out
,
seclude
,
segregate
,
select
,
separate
,
set a limit
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
sieve
,
sieve out
,
sift
,
sift out
,
sifter
,
single out
,
sort
,
sort out
,
spiritualize
,
split hairs
,
strain
,
strainer
,
subdivide
,
sublimate
,
sublime
,
subtilize
,
thrash
,
thrash out
,
thresh
,
try
,
ventilate
,
weigh
,
wind
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
sieve
collapse
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
check and sort carefully; "sift the information"
related words >
analyze
,
analyzer
,
arabesque
,
assort
,
basketry
,
basketwork
,
bolt
,
bolter
,
breaker
,
cancellation
,
categorize
,
centrifuge
,
clack
,
clarifier
,
clarify
,
classify
,
clear
,
colander
,
collate
,
contradistinguish
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
cradle
,
cribble
,
cribriformity
,
cribrosity
,
cross-hatching
,
crossing-out
,
cull out
,
cutter
,
decrassify
,
demarcate
,
demark
,
depurate
,
differentiate
,
discriminate
,
distill
,
distinguish
,
divide
,
draw the line
,
edulcorate
,
elute
,
essentialize
,
extract
,
filigree
,
filter
,
filtrate
,
fret
,
fretwork
,
ghettoize
,
gin
,
gossiper
,
gradate
,
grade
,
grate
,
grating
,
grid
,
gridiron
,
grille
,
grillwork
,
group
,
hachure
,
hatching
,
honeycomb
,
insulate
,
interlacement
,
intertexture
,
intertwinement
,
isolate
,
keep apart
,
keep aside
,
lace
,
lacery
,
lacework
,
lacing
,
lattice
,
latticework
,
lay aside
,
leach
,
lixiviate
,
lixiviator
,
mark the interface
,
mesh
,
meshes
,
meshwork
,
net
,
netting
,
network
,
percolate
,
percolator
,
pick out
,
plexure
,
plexus
,
porosity
,
porousness
,
purifier
,
purify
,
put aside
,
quarantine
,
quidnunc
,
raddle
,
rank
,
rectify
,
refine
,
refiner
,
refinery
,
reticle
,
reticulation
,
reticule
,
reticulum
,
riddle
,
rocker
,
rumormonger
,
scandalmonger
,
screen
,
screen out
,
screening
,
seclude
,
segregate
,
select
,
separate
,
separator
,
set a limit
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
sieve out
,
sievelikeness
,
sift
,
sift out
,
sifter
,
size
,
sort
,
sort out
,
sorter
,
spiritualize
,
split hairs
,
sponge
,
strain
,
strainer
,
stripper
,
subdivide
,
sublimate
,
sublime
,
subordinate
,
subtilize
,
tabby
,
talebearer
,
texture
,
thrash
,
thresh
,
tissue
,
tracery
,
trellis
,
trelliswork
,
try
,
wattle
,
weave
,
weaving
,
web
,
webbing
,
webwork
,
weft
,
wicker
,
wickerwork
,
winnow
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
cradle
collapse
a baby bed with sides and rockers
birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
run with the stick
hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"
cut grain with a cradle scythe
hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
bring up from infancy
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Colonial bed
,
Hollywood bed
,
Vaterland
,
afford support
,
appease
,
babyhood
,
back
,
back up
,
bassinet
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bed
,
bed-davenport
,
beginnings
,
berth
,
birth
,
birthplace
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
breeding place
,
brooder
,
bunk
,
bunk bed
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
calm
,
calm down
,
camp bed
,
care for
,
carry
,
cherish
,
childhood
,
clarifier
,
coddle
,
colander
,
compose
,
cool
,
cosset
,
cot
,
crib
,
cribble
,
crutch
,
cultivate
,
cushion
,
day bed
,
door bed
,
double bed
,
double bunk
,
dry-nurse
,
dulcify
,
duplex bed
,
ease
,
even out
,
fatherland
,
feather bed
,
feed
,
filter
,
fold-away bed
,
fondle
,
forcing bed
,
foster
,
four-poster
,
freshman year
,
genesis
,
gentle
,
give support
,
hammock
,
hatchery
,
hold
,
hold up
,
home
,
homeground
,
homeland
,
hospital bed
,
hotbed
,
hush
,
inception
,
inchoation
,
incipience
,
incipiency
,
incubator
,
incunabula
,
infancy
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
king-size bed
,
la patrie
,
lavish care on
,
lend support
,
lixiviator
,
lower berth
,
lull
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
mollify
,
mother
,
mother country
,
motherland
,
my Angel-infancy
,
nascence
,
nascency
,
native land
,
native soil
,
nativity
,
nest
,
nestle
,
nidus
,
nourish
,
nurse
,
nursery
,
nurture
,
origin
,
origination
,
pacify
,
pallet
,
pamper
,
panel bed
,
parturition
,
patria
,
percolator
,
pillow
,
pipe berth
,
poster bed
,
pour balm into
,
pregnancy
,
prop
,
purifier
,
put to bed
,
quarter berth
,
queen-size bed
,
quell
,
quiet
,
refiner
,
refinery
,
reinforce
,
rest
,
riddle
,
rock
,
rock to sleep
,
rocker
,
roll-away bed
,
rookery
,
screen
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sieve
,
sifter
,
single bed
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth over
,
smoothen
,
sofa-bed
,
soothe
,
spoon-feed
,
stabilize
,
stay
,
steady
,
still
,
strainer
,
subdue
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
suckle
,
support
,
sustain
,
tester bed
,
the nursery
,
the old country
,
three-quarter bed
,
tranquilize
,
truckle bed
,
trundle bed
,
tuck in
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
wet-nurse
,
winnow
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
,
youth
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