Hypertext Webster Gateway: "strainer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strainer \Strain"er\, n.
1. One who strains.
2. That through which any liquid is passed for purification
or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen
or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the
character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an
openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the
suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from
entering with a liquid.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
strainer
n : a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and
liquids pass through
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