strainer

Meaning

1. A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
2. A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
3. Debris in water that blocks the passage of solid objects.
4. One who strains.

Synonyms

sieve

colander

filter

basket

🧺

sifter

screen

cullender

rose

🌹

seive

sift

strain

tea strainer

tensioner

tilter

water filter

filter tip

perforated ladle

filtrum

filter screen

rigging screw

strainer filter

turn buckle

perforated skimmer

filter apparatus

dross filter

filter gauze

filter siere

filter siere sieve

first filter

coarse strainer

filtering machine

bolter

cleaner

drainer

dredger

grating

refiner

Translations

filtre

colador

colino

passoire

süzgeç

vergiet

panier

🧺

coador

Filter

Durchschlag

👊

colador

filter

Sieb

colabrodo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɹeɪnɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: strener

In summary

From Middle English strener, streynour, strenyour, equivalent to strain + -er.