strainer
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Definition(s):
- (n) a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
Usage(s):
- An automatic device which fills strainer floor with water to depths of two feet for wading children, to seven feet for swimming adults.
- As they ponder the answer, he takes a spaghetti strainer out of a sack stuffed with Bibles and turns it into a spiky helmet by filling its holes with nails facing outward.
- Pterodaustro had a mouthful of strainer-like teeth that it probably used to filter microscopic plankton from the water.
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