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Webster 1913 Edition
Sifter
Sift′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, sifts.
2.
(Zool.)
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 lamell[GREEK] of the beak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sifter
SIFT'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sifter
sifter
English
Noun
sifter (plural sifters)
- A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
- (rare) One who sifts.
- He was employed as a sifter.
- 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.
Translations
tool for sifting