strainer

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English strener, streynour, strenyour, equivalent to strain +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɹeɪnɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ) === Noun === strainer (plural strainers) A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid. Synonym: sile A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline. Debris in water that blocks the passage of solid objects. One who strains. ==== Synonyms ==== sieve sile temse ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === arrestin, restrain, retrains, terrains, trainers, transire