strainer

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strainer

tea ball strainer (© School Division, Houghton Mifflin Company)

n.

1. One that strains, as a device used to separate liquids from solids.
2. An apparatus for tightening, stretching, or strengthening.

A kitchen utensil with a perforated or mesh bottom used to strain liquids or semiliquids, or to sift dry ingredients such as flour or confectioners' sugar. Strainers, also called sieves, come in a variety of sizes, shapes and mesh densities. There are flat-bottomed, drum-shaped strainers with interchangeable meshes of different coarseness, as well as those that are bowl-shaped or conical. Strainers are made of various materials including stainless steel, tinned steel and aluminum. The better ones have strong handles and frames and contain hooks for resting the strainer on top of pots or bowls.

A device for withholding foreign matter from a flowing liquid or gas; a sieve.

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IN BRIEF: A device to hold solid pieces while liquid passes through.

Here is the strainer. Drain the noodles in it.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - filter, sigte, si, bardunstrammer

Nederlands (Dutch)
zeef

Français (French)
n. - passoire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sieb

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σουρωτήρι, στραγγιστήρι, τρυπητό

Italiano (Italian)
setaccio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - coador (m)

Русский (Russian)
сито, фильтр, дуршлаг, шумовка

Español (Spanish)
n. - criba, tamiz, colador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - filter, renare, sortermaskin, kvistfångare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拉紧者, 过滤器, 松紧的装置

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 拉緊者, 過濾器, 鬆緊的裝置

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잡아당기는 사람, 긴장한 사람, 거르는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 引っ張る人, 漉し器, 濾過器

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مصفاة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסננת‬

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