English Explanatory Dictionary

sifter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
  2. One who sifts.
  3. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪftɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sifter.wav

Word forms

sifter sifters

Etymology

From sift + -er.

Synonyms

sieve

Derived words

plansifter sugar sifter
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