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percolator
CIDE DICTIONARY
percolator, n.
- One who, or that which, filters. Henfrey. [1913 Webster]
- A type of coffee pot in which the heated water is driven by its boiling action up above a porous canister of coffee held above the level of the water in the pot, and then filters (percolates) back through the coffee thus extracting its essence. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- An apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
percolator, n. a machine for making coffee by circulating boiling water through ground beans.
THESAURUS
percolator
clarifier, colander, cradle, cribble, filter, lixiviator, purifier, refiner, refinery, riddle, rocker, screen, sieve, sifter, strainer, winnow, winnowing basket, winnowing fan, winnowing machineFor further exploring for "percolator" in Webster Dictionary Online