sifter

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sift=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

sifter, n. 

•  One who, or that which, sifts.  [1913 Webster]
•  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 lamell1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

sifter

bolter, clarifier, colander, cradle, cribble, filter, grate, grating, lixiviator, percolator, purifier, refiner, refinery, riddle, rocker, screen, sieve, sorter, strainer, winnow, winnowing basket, winnowing fan, winnowing machine