"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]
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. Categories (topical): Kitchenware 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 Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 38 46 17 Disambiguation of 'tool for sifting': 90 7 3
  2. (rare) One who sifts. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Kitchenware 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 Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 38 46 17 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: 25 48 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 23 52 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 54 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 58 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 56 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 57 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 56 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 55 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 22 56 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 23 53 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 56 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 63 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 57 21 Disambiguation of 'one who sifts': 6 88 6
  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. Categories (topical): Kitchenware
    Sense id: en-sifter-en-noun-0g3kBqTh Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 38 46 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sugar sifter

Inflected forms

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        "(rare) One who sifts."
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "tool for sifting",
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      "sense": "tool for sifting",
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