"sieve set" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sieve sets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sieve set (plural sieve sets)
  1. A device consisting of a stack of sieves of increasing fineness, shaken to sort gems by size.
    Sense id: en-sieve_set-en-noun-rDR723JO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
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        "A device consisting of a stack of sieves of increasing fineness, shaken to sort gems by size."
      ],
      "id": "en-sieve_set-en-noun-rDR723JO",
      "links": [
        [
          "device",
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        ],
        [
          "stack",
          "stack"
        ],
        [
          "sieve",
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        ],
        [
          "fineness",
          "fineness"
        ],
        [
          "shake",
          "shake"
        ],
        [
          "gem",
          "gem"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sieve set"
}

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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A device consisting of a stack of sieves of increasing fineness, shaken to sort gems by size."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "stack",
          "stack"
        ],
        [
          "sieve",
          "sieve"
        ],
        [
          "fineness",
          "fineness"
        ],
        [
          "shake",
          "shake"
        ],
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          "gem",
          "gem"
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