strainer

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: strain=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

strainer, n. 

•  One who strains.  [1913 Webster]
•  That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

strainer, n. a device for straining liquids, vegetables, etc.

THESAURUS

strainer

clarifier, colander, cradle, cribble, cribriformity, cribrosity, filter, honeycomb, lixiviator, net, percolator, porosity, porousness, purifier, refiner, refinery, riddle, rocker, screen, sieve, sievelikeness, sifter, sponge, winnow, winnowing basket, winnowing fan, winnowing machine