Amesh strainer, also known assift, commonly known assieve, is a device for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for characterizing the particle size distribution of a sample, typically using a woven screen such as a mesh or net or metal. The word "sift" derives from "sieve". In cooking, a sifter is used to separate and break up clumps in dry ingredients such asflour, as well as to aerate and combine them. Astrainer is a form of sieve used to separate solids from liquid.

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• There are four types among those who sit before the sages: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer and the sieve. [...] The sieve rejects the coarse flour and retains the fine flour.
  • Pirkei Avot 5:15

• If the sieve is not shaken, his flour will not drop from it.
  • Sumerian proverb,Collection III atThe Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature,3rd millennium BCE.

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