strainer

CEFRB1

/ˈstɹeɪnɚ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A tool with small holes used to separate solids from liquids.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • Use a strainer to drain the pasta.

  • Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her strainer.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Debris in water that blocks the passage of solid objects.

  2. 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.

  3. One who strains.

More examples

In context

  • Put the vegetables in the strainer.

  • An important factor with respect to recurrence [of rectal prolapse] is the fact that many of these patients are chronic strainers.

  • A strainer is something on the surface of the water that allows water to pass through it but not solid objects, like boats and people. Strainers are likely to consist of fallen trees, old fencing, guardrails […]

Synonyms

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After boiling the pasta, she used a metal blank to separate the water from the noodles.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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