"sifter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪftɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sifter.wav Forms: sifters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪftə(ɹ) Etymology: From sift + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sift|er}} sift + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} sifter (plural sifters)
  1. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients. Translations (tool for sifting): seula (Finnish), Sieb [neuter] (German), criathar [masculine] (Irish), criathradóir [masculine] (Irish), scagaire [masculine] (Irish), sil [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sito [neuter] (Polish), arfa [feminine] (Polish), przesiewacz [masculine] (Polish), colador [masculine] (Spanish), си́то (sýto) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sifter-en-noun-5rFFNy01 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of 'tool for sifting': 89 8 3
  2. (rare) One who sifts. Tags: rare Translations (one who sifts): Sieber [masculine] (German), قلبورجی (kalburcu) (Ottoman Turkish), الكجی (elekci) (Ottoman Turkish), kalburcu (Turkish), elekçi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sifter-en-noun-~H2JxzwR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 31 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 28 41 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 43 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 49 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 46 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 45 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 45 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 45 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 28 44 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 29 42 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 45 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 54 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 28 45 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 28 45 27 Disambiguation of 'one who sifts': 4 92 4
  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.
    Sense id: en-sifter-en-noun-0g3kBqTh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 31 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sugar sifter
Categories (other): Kitchenware Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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        "(rare) One who sifts."
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "tool for sifting",
      "word": "seula"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool for sifting",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tool for sifting",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "criathar"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tool for sifting",
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      "sense": "tool for sifting",
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      "word": "си́то"
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      "word": "قلبورجی"
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      "sense": "one who sifts",
      "word": "الكجی"
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      "sense": "one who sifts",
      "word": "kalburcu"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who sifts",
      "word": "elekçi"
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