percolator
[pur-kuh-ley-ter]
- a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
- something that percolates.
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Origin of percolator
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In this treatise he describes and illustrates the Rumford percolator.
All About CoffeeWilliam H. Ukers
This coffee that I've been making in the percolator is all ready, Bettina!
A Thousand Ways to Please a HusbandLouise Bennett Weaver
Bob can make the coffee in the percolator in a little while, when we're ready.
A Thousand Ways to Please a HusbandLouise Bennett Weaver
In the dining-room is an electric chafing dish and a percolator.
Inventors at WorkGeorge Iles
(Troy) of ginger in fine powder into a percolator, and pour on it 12 ounces (old measure) of pure ether.
percolator
- a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water is forced up through a tube and filters down through the coffee grounds into a container
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Word Origin and History for percolator
n.
1795, agent noun in Latin form from percolate. Slang meaning "house party" is recorded from 1946.
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