| NOUN | artifact | strainer | a filter to retain larger / larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids / liquids pass through |
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| Meaning | A filter to retain larger / larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids / liquids pass through. | |
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| Narrower | colander, cullender | bowl-shaped strainer |
| sieve, screen | A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles | |
| tea-strainer | A device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of tea | |
| Broader | filter | device that removes something from whatever passes through it |
| Spanish | colador, filtro | |
| Catalan | colador, filtre | |
| Verbs | strain | remove by passing through a filter |
| strain | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | |
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