strainer
IPA: strˈeɪnɝ
noun
- 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.
- 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.
- One who strains.
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Examples of "strainer" in Sentences
- I think it was called a sea strainer.
- It has a sequence of 30 strainer pylons.
- Metal particles are clogging the strainer.
- Metal particles in oil sample and strainer.
- Metallic particles are clogging the strainer.
- A strainer screen and method for its production.
- It is sometimes also called a sieve or a strainer.
- Stainless steel strainer is just a duplicate article of colander.
- As for the strainer arches the citation appears to be wrong there.
- The concave part of the strainer is perforated with several dozen small holes.
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