See sifter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients."
],
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"One who sifts."
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"(rare) One who sifts."
],
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},
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"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."
],
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}
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "sito",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сито"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cernedor"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"word": "seula"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sieb"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "criathar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "criathradóir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scagaire"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sil"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sito"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "arfa"
},
{
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"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "przesiewacz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colador"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "sýto",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "си́то"
},
{
"code": "unm",
"lang": "Unami",
"lang_code": "unm",
"sense": "tool for sifting",
"word": "pawënikàn"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "one who sifts",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sieber"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"sense": "one who sifts",
"word": "kalburcu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "one who sifts",
"word": "elekçi"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "kalburcu",
"sense": "one who sifts",
"word": "قلبورجی"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
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"word": "الكجی"
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