strainer
[strey-ner]
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Origin of strainer
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Contemporary Examples
Prepare a large bowl with water and ice along with a strainer.
After shaking, he pours the opaque, green liquid through a strainer and into a chilled champagne coupe.
Traditional method: Separate broth from solids by pouring through a strainer.
Fat Separator method: Separate broth from solids by pouring through a strainer.
Put mushrooms in strainer basket and put the basket into the Thermomix with the mirepoix in the bottom.
Historical Examples
It seemed to persist in declining to pass through the strainer.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
Then dish, on a folded112 napkin; or on a strainer, if sauce is poured over it.
The Skilful CookMary Harrison
Clear some ripe elder-berries from the stalks, bake them in covered jars for two hours, and squeeze the juice through a strainer.
A piece of blue glass, for instance, acts as a sort of strainer.
Common ScienceCarleton W. Washburne
When done, drain it in a strainer, put it in the tureen, and pour the soup on to it.
Nelson's Home ComfortsMary Hooper
strainer
- a sieve used for straining sauces, vegetables, tea, etc
- a gauze or simple filter used to strain liquids
- Australian and NZ a self-locking device or a tool for tightening fencing wire
- Australian and NZ the main post in a wire fence, often diagonally braced
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Word Origin and History for strainer
n.
early 14c., agent noun from strain (v.).
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