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strainer: a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through

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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

sifter collapse: a household sieve (as for flour)

colander collapse: bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods

purifier collapse: an apparatus for removing impurities

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

refinery collapse: an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance

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"

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"

honeycomb collapse: a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees; a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae; make full of cavities, like a honeycomb; penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"; carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed"

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"

mesh collapse: the act of interlocking or meshing; "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check"; the number of opening per inch of a screen; measures size of particles; "a 100 mesh screen"; "100 mesh powdered cellulose"; work together in harmony

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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