sifter
noun
a person or thing that sifts.
sifters
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pluralof sifter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One Scout used her Eagle Scout service project to create ash sifters, which the Scouts donated to fire stations in the Palisades and Altadena to help homeowners find valuables in the rubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
A broad Choctaw basket collected in Mississippi resembles the sifters that Naquin’s family used when catching shrimp.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2017
Processing rooms hold sifters where Beta Hatch sorts the insects.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2017
In that instance, the winner was not someone picked by the sifters.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2013
Lina hadn’t thought about it before, but now she wondered about the trash sifters.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
