"percolator" meaning in English

See percolator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɝkəleɪtɚ/ [General-American] Forms: percolators [plural]
Etymology: From percolate + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|percolate|or}} percolate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} percolator (plural percolators)
  1. A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds Categories (topical): Coffee Translations (coffee brewing device): սրճեփ (srčepʻ) (Armenian), perkolaattori (Finnish), pulputuspannu (Finnish), percolateur [masculine] (French), Perkolator [masculine] (German), síothlán (caife) [masculine] (Irish), macchinetta [feminine] (Italian), кофева́рка (kofevárka) [feminine] (Russian), perkolator [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-percolator-en-noun-biBzZ4Mi Disambiguation of Coffee: 89 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'coffee brewing device': 86 14
  2. A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.
    Sense id: en-percolator-en-noun-BD5Zlw6n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: perk

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