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Meaning of "strainer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STRAINER

strainer  [ˈstreɪnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STRAINER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Strainer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STRAINER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

strainer

Sieve

A sieve, or sifter, is a device for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for characterizing the particle size distribution of a sample, typically using a woven screen such as a mesh or net. The word "sift" derives from 'sieve'. In cooking, a sifter is used to separate and break up clumps in dry ingredients such as flour, as well as to aerate and combine them. A strainer is a form of sieve used to separate solids from liquid.

Definition of strainer in the English dictionary

The first definition of strainer in the dictionary is a sieve used for straining sauces, vegetables, tea, etc. Other definition of strainer is a gauze or simple filter used to strain liquids. Strainer is also a self-locking device or a tool for tightening fencing wire.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STRAINER


ana
ˈeɪnə
arraigner
əˈreɪnə
Cana
ˈkeɪnə
constrainer
kənˈstreɪnə
container
kənˈteɪnə
Dana
ˈdeɪnə
distrainer
dɪsˈtreɪnə
distrainor
dɪsˈtreɪnə
drainer
ˈdreɪnə
engrainer
ɪnˈɡreɪnə
entrainer
ɪnˈtreɪnə
grainer
ˈɡreɪnə
Magdalena
ˌmæɡdəˈleɪnə
no-brainer
ˌnəʊˈbreɪnə
overgrainer
ˌəʊvəˈɡreɪnə
rana
ˈreɪnə
refrainer
rɪˈfreɪnə
restrainer
rɪˈstreɪnə
seiner
ˈseɪnə
trainer
ˈtreɪnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STRAINER

straightforth
straightforward
straightforwardly
straightforwardness
straightish
straightjacket
straightly
straightness
straightway
strain
strain gauge
strain hardening
strained
strainedly
straining at the leash
straining beam
straining piece
strains
straint
strait

WORDS THAT END LIKE STRAINER

abstainer
bargainer
complainer
cordwainer
detainer
entertainer
explainer
fitness trainer
freezer container
Freightliner
full gainer
gainer
Link trainer
maintainer
obtainer
personal trainer
retainer
shipping container
Stainer
sustainer
tea strainer

Synonyms and antonyms of strainer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STRAINER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «strainer» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of strainer

Translation of «strainer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STRAINER

Find out the translation of strainer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of strainer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «strainer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

过滤器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colador
570 millions of speakers

English

strainer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झरनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مصفاة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фильтр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছাঁকনি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

passoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penapis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sieb
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ストレーナー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스트레이너
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Strainer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người cố gắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வடிகட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गाळणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

süzgeç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filtro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sitko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фільтр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

filtru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σουρωτήρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sif
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of strainer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAINER»

The term «strainer» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.650 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAINER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «strainer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «strainer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about strainer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAINER»

Discover the use of strainer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to strainer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Home Improvement 1-2-3
MATERIALS: Plumber's putty or silicone caulk, gaskets and washers STOOLS; Water-pump pliers, hammer, basket strainer wrench, plastic putty knife, mini hacksaw, screwdriver DIFFICULT NUT TO CRACK? You may find the locking nut is ...
Home Depot (Firm), 2003
2
Debris Impact on Emergency Coolant Recirculation: Workshop ...
A design currently available utilises a motor-driven rotating brush and plow assembly to clean the end disk of a strainer element. This design has not yet been tested with debris load quantities anticipated to be transported to the ECCS suction ...
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, 2004
3
The Great American Drums and the Companies that Made Them, ...
The other Chicago Leedy snare drums used either the Krupa Radio King strainer or the Rapid. The Krupa was called the Professional strainer and the Rapid was referred to as the Instant Throwoff in the Leedy catalog. Each snare drum used a  ...
Harry Cangany, Rick Van Horn, 1996
4
Management for Freshwater Fish Culture, Fish Stocks, and ...
(a) Fill a small tea strainer with the fish to be counted. Count them one by one to obtain count A. (b) Obtain a large tea strainer, and determine B, the number of small tea strainers filled with fish needed to fill it. (c) Estimate the number of fish C  ...
James F. Muir, 1998
5
Annual Report
Getting back to the problem of what to do about fence Other methods can and have been used to make the effective failures at dog legs, the thing to do is to make the effective length Oi the Strainer greater than the Critical length at a dog length ...
‎1978
6
Organizational Maintenance Manual: Truck, Tractor, 22-1/2 ...
10 Gasket (2) 1 1 Oil strainer, i 12 Strainer cover 13 Screw (4) 14 Packing 15 Nut 16. Elbow 17 Plug, transmission drain 18 Prefor Figure 2-150. Transmission and transfer drains, oil strainers, and oil filler tube assembly. LOCKWASHER (2) ...
‎1982
7
Operator, organizational, direct support, general support, ...
(4) Install the fuel strainer (para 3-36). g. Reassembly and Installation (Models BMW-U52-ENG and BMW-U52-ENG-1). (1) Place the fuel tank and the straps in the brackets. (2) Replace the wires. (3) Install the four screws (9, fig. 2-6), nuts (8),  ...
United States. Dept. of the Army, 1989
8
Irrigation Engineering
Brownlie strainer: It is considered the best type of strainer. It consists of a polygonal convoluted perforated steel pipe, surrounded by a wire mesh consisting of heavy parallel copper wire/brass wire, woven with copper ribbons with a little space ...
R. K. Sharma, T. K. Sharma, 2008
9
Operator's Manual: Water Purification Unit, Reverse Osmosis, ...
BACKWASH PUMP STRAINER (refer to fig. 3-1 3). a. Removal. (1) Shut down ROWPU in normal manner (para. 2-29). (2) Loosen T-handle screw assembly (1) by turning to the left to release pressure on the strainer cap (4). (3) Loosen the two ...
‎1988
10
The Fleet Type Submarine Main Propulsion Diesels Manual
Filters may employ absorption type cellulose, waste, or wound yarn elements which are replaced when dirty. A few of the commonlyr used strainers and filters are described in the following paragraphs. b. Edge disk type strainer. The edge dial: ...
United States Navy, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRAINER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term strainer is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Pastafarian' Ex-Porn Star Gains The Right To Wear A Pasta Strainer
When Asia Lemmon, a former adult film star and mother of two, visited the Department of Motor Vehicles in Hurricane, Utah to renew her driver's license recently, ... «ThinkProgress, Nov 14»
2
Ex-porn star wears spaghetti strainer on head for driver's license in …
Jessica Steinhauser, also known as Asia Lemmon, wore a spaghetti strainer on her head while posing for her Utah's driver's license in what she's calling a ... «New York Daily News, Nov 14»
3
Make Poached Eggs for a Crowd with the Help of a Strainer Basket
Serious Eats' J. Kenji López-Alt details the steps, from using a mesh strainer to drain excess watery egg white so the egg will poach more cleanly to storing the ... «Lifehacker, Oct 14»
4
Australian Pastafarian Denied Right to Wear Spaghetti Strainer on …
Leadbetter said he would not give up on his fight to wear the strainer on his head for his photograph. "It is not up to a public servant to decide what my beliefs are ... «Mashable, Oct 14»
5
Tradie refused 'religious right' to wear pasta strainer on head in …
Mr Leadbetter said after an employee at the TMR refused to allow him to wear a pasta strainer on his head for his license photo, initially citing "the ID systems of ... «9news.com.au, Oct 14»
6
'Pastafarian' woman wears spaghetti strainer in driving licence …
A woman has been allowed to wear a spaghetti strainer on her head for a driving licence photo after insisting it was part of her religious beliefs. Atheist turned ... «Mirror.co.uk, Sep 14»
7
Oklahoma woman claims spaghetti strainer as “religious headpiece”
For Shawna Hammond, the spaghetti strainer is a symbol of freedom. According to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety's rules, religious headpieces ... «KSN-TV, Sep 14»
8
An easier way to poach an egg? Just get a strainer
Just place your raw egg in a fine mesh strainer, tip the strainer around (which helps to separate the thin part of the white from the thick part), then bang it hard ... «The Star-Ledger, Sep 14»
9
Woman Claims Spaghetti Strainer as Religious Headwear in …
An Oklahoma woman recently wore a spaghetti strainer on her head while taking a driver's license photo, citing the state's allowance of religious headwear. «KTLA, Sep 14»
10
Oklahoma woman claims spaghetti strainer as religious headwear in …
Hammond says she walked back into the tag agency in Enid with a strainer on her head. “She kind of chuckled, she giggled, gave me a funny look and asked ... «kfor.com, Sep 14»

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