"sifter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪftɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sifter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sifters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪftə(ɹ) Etymology: From sift + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sift|-er|text=+|tree=1}} From sift + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} sifter (plural sifters)
  1. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients. Synonyms: sieve Translations (tool for sifting): сито (sito) [neuter] (Bulgarian), cernedor [masculine] (Catalan), 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), pawënikàn (Unami)
    Sense id: en-sifter-en-noun-5rFFNy01 Categories (other): Kitchenware Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 100 0 0 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 Disambiguation of 'one who sifts': 4 91 5
  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.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: plansifter, sugar sifter

Inflected forms

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sieber"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "elekci",
      "sense": "one who sifts",
      "word": "الكجی"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sifter"
}

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