Strainer

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪnÉ™(r)

Full definition of strainer

Noun

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; any device functioning as a sieve or filter - in special, 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.
2. One who strains.

Anagrams

• arrestin
• restrain
• retrains
• terrains
• trainers
• transire