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strainer

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English

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A kitchenstrainer (1).
A sinkstrainer (2).

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishstrener,streynour,strenyour, equivalent tostrain +‎-er.

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Noun

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strainer (pluralstrainers)

  2. A device through which aliquid is passed forpurification,filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used tostrain aliquid.
    Synonym:sile
  3. A perforated screen oropenwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream orflowline.
  4. Debris inwater that blocks the passage of solid objects.
    • 2010, Kevin L. Erskine, Erica J. Armstrong,Water-Related Death Investigation (page 99)
      Astrainer 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 […]
  5. One whostrains.
    • 2008, Kirby I. Bland, Michael G. Sarr, Markus W. Büchler,General Surgery: Principles and International Practice, page843:
      An important factor with respect to recurrence [of rectal prolapse] is the fact that many of these patients are chronicstrainers.

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utensil

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