strainer
/ˈstreɪnə
/noun
A device having holes punched in it or made of crossed wires for separating solid matter from a liquid: a tea strainer...
- When the pan & broth are cool enough not to burn you, set up a pan big enough to hold all the liquid with a strainer or colander resting over it.
- Leaf strainers and wire mesh don't always work.
- Pour liquid through a fine strainer into a jar; discard leaves.
Synonyms
sieve, colander, filter, sifter, riddle, screen
archaic griddle
Rhymes
- it is high time that ——
- it isn't done
- it isn't over till the fat lady sings
- it is only a matter of time
- it is (or what) a small world
- -itive
- it'll
- it'll be all right on the night
- it makes no odds
- ITN
- it never rains but it pours
- I told you (so)
- Ito, Prince Hirobumi
- it (or that) (all) depends
- -itous
- it's
- its
- it's a case of ——
- it's a deal
- it's a fair cop
- it's a free country
- it's (all) Greek to me
- it's all right for——
- it's a long lane that has no turning
- it's a long story