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Sifter

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sifter"

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cindernoun	Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
plansifternoun	A tiered set of sieves used in milling.
sievenoun	A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
riddlenoun	A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
sievingnoun	The act of passing something through a sieve.
sieve setnoun	A device consisting of a stack of sieves of increasing fineness, shaken to sort gems by size.
grindernoun	Any of various machines or devices that grind things, such as by grinding them down or grinding them up.
spider skimmernoun	A kitchen utensil, in the form of a wide shallow wire-mesh basket with a long handle, used for removing food from a hot liquid.
jiggernoun	(US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).
dusternoun	An object, such as a cloth or a purpose-made soft and puffy pad or mitt, used for dusting surfaces etc.
trommelnoun	A rotating drum for sorting items, such as waste for recycling.
pulveratornoun	A device for pulverising material.
chinoisnoun	(cooking) A fine-meshed conical strainer.
stirrernoun	A device used to stir. (Cardinal types include wood or plastic strips (for beverages) and magnetic objects that react to a spinning magnet nearby (for chemistry beakers).
silenoun	A sieve.
bolternoun	A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
sizernoun	An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.
food millnoun	(cooking) A utensil for mashing and sieving soft foods, typically consisting of a bowl, a bottom plate with holes like those in a colander, and a crank fitted with a bent metal blade which crushes the food and forces it through the holes in the plate.
gradernoun	One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
soup strainernoun	A device or implement used as a strainer for soup.