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Vinony

sifter

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪftɚ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English sift English -er English sifter From sift + -er.

  1. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.

    “Near-synonym: sieve”

  2. One who sifts.

    “He was employed as a sifter.”

  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.