sifter
noun/ˈsɪftɚ/US
Etymology
From sift + -er.
- inherited from *siftijan✻
- inherited from siftan
- inherited from syften
Definitions
A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
- Near-synonym: sieve
One who sifts.
- He was employed as a sifter.
Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its…
Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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