Word Finder - strainer

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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.

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• sile

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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.

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One who strains.

Do you need a strainer or a frying pan?

While you use the strainer, keep the leaves away in a corner of the pan by using a spoon.

A must-have for any sink is a basket strainer, which helps prevent food from going down the drain while keeping water in the basin.

Add the lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste then strain through a fine strainer and reserve in a warm place.

Use the strainer and paper towels to dry excess water from the basil leaves, or place the herb in a salad spinner and spin the extra water off.

The larger strainer allows debris like Koi waste or dead plants, up to 8mm in diameter, to pass through.

Strainer assemblies Conventional This is the most common type of strainer assemblies Conventional This is the most common type of strainer used on fences in Britain.

The pills offer all the values of loose tea without the use of a tea strainer.

Blend in blender until smooth, then pour through a wire strainer.

Inside, he found that accumulated debris has almost completely blocked the oil strainer, fortunately without the engine having suffered any damage.

I don't know if the Swallows ran to a tea strainer, but this is useful if you use leaf tea.

Next, strain the contents of the bottle through a cheesecloth, mesh strainer or coffee filter to make sure no bits of rind make it through.

An integral strainer on the inlet side should prevent possible malfunction from particulate contaminants in the mains gas supply.

Kiemo has found this to be simply the best snare strainer on the market today.

The diagram shows the parts of a conventional strainer.

The stainless steel strainer fitted into the half bowl of the sink works like a colander.

Where ground conditions are difficult, or very high strains have to be held, a double box strainer can be constructed.

A space saving siphon and basket strainer waste are included.

The casing in which the strainer basket is housed.

The steep slope has been terraced, with chunky logs or strainer posts placed to keep the soil in place.

Strainer assemblies Conventional This is the most common type of strainer used on fences in Britain.

I do n't know if the Swallows ran to a tea strainer, but this is useful if you use leaf tea.

Pour the mixture through a strainer into a tumbler and top it off with enough chilled soda water to fill the glass.

Pour the mixture through a strainer into a chilled highball glass and garnish with the cherry and orange skewered on a toothpick.

Kitchen strainer, cheese cloth, or baking parchment paper to strain the tincture.

Do not pour the stock directly on the napkin or the scum will clog it, but let it first run through a fine wire strainer which will catch the scum and the shells.

You may now use a slotted spoon or strainer to scoop up the seeds and use as you wish.

Put the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar in a fine strainer or sieve and then sprinkle the tops of the cookies.

Allow jewelry to rest for a few minutes before emptying it into a strainer or colander.

A basket for tea drinkers may include a delicate porcelain tea cup and saucer, a beautiful teapot or a tea strainer.

Put the loose herbs into a tea strainer and steep in boiling water for 20 to 40 minutes.

A strainer is available so you can press apples for applesauce, and other fruits for baby food and jams.

Basically, this means pushing the boiled potatoes through a strainer so the potatoes emerge like long pieces of rice or pasta.

Pulp collects in a strainer, while the juice is released into a glass.

It comes with several accessories, including a slicing disk, a food processing blade, a food pusher, a juice strainer and many other options.

If your pot does not have a built in strainer, you can provide one with each pot so guests do not end up with leaves in their cups.

When this is reached the wine is drawn from the lagar over a strainer or some similar arrangement into vats yielding from five to thirty pipes.

One has suggested, that if such a "leach-hole" should be found, its connection with the meadow, if any existed, might be proved by conveying some colored powder or sawdust to the mouth of the hole, and then putting a strainer over the spring in the meadow, which would catch some of the particles carried through by the current.

The amalgam is dipped out from the bowl into a canvas bag (the strainer), to separate the excess of the quicksilver from the pasty amalgam, which is then retorted and melted.