Crossword-Solution: STRAINER
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Strainer | n. | One who strains. |
| Strainer | n. | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| STRAINER | anagram | RESTRAIN, RETRAINS, TERRAINS, TRAINERS, TRANSIRE |
We have 30 clues for the answer “STRAINER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Make tea with it | 1 answer |
| Item that's mostly mesh | 1 answer |
| Kitchen colander | 1 answer |
| Kitchen gizmo used in making pasta | 1 answer |
| Meshy utensil | 1 answer |
| Noodle holder, at times | 1 answer |
| Pasta maker's tool | 1 answer |
| Pasta preparation aid | 1 answer |
| Squad's first coach is thinner? (8) | 1 answer |
| Tealeaf filter | 1 answer |
| tamis | 1 answer |
| muslin bag | 2 answers |
| Colander kin | 2 answers |
| Bartender's accessory | 2 answers |
| Holey utensil | 2 answers |
| Chef's device. | 3 answers |
| Colander's kin | 4 answers |
| It won't hold water | 4 answers |
| Colander | 5 answers |
| Chef's gadget | 7 answers |
| BEEKEEPING requirement | 8 answers |
| AT TIMES CHEF CATCHPHRASE | 10 answers |
| FILTER, type of | 15 answers |
| Kitchen tool | 24 answers |
| Kitchen gadget | 33 answers |
| Kitchen implement. | 36 answers |
| Kitchen utensil | 41 answers |
| sieve | 42 answers |
| Kitchen | 43 answers |
| filter | 47 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REETA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with STRAINER (5)
The breeze was oozing through the network of boughs as through a strainer; the trunks and larger branches stood against the light of the sky in the forms of writhing men, gigantic candelabra, pikes, halberds, lances, and whatever besides the fancy chose to make of them.
The grapes are simply trodden by a Hottentot, in a tub with a sort of strainer at the bottom, and then thrown—skins, stalks, and all—into vats, where the juice ferments for twice twenty-four hours; after which it is run into casks, which are left with the bung out for eight days; then the wine is drawn off into another cask, a little sulphur and brandy are added to it, and it is bunged down.
Put the lid on the stewpan and cook till quite soft, then take out the garlic, strain the tomatoes through a fine strainer into a bain-marie, beat up two eggs and add them to the tomatoes, and stir till quite thick, then put in two tablespoonsful of grated cheese, and serve on toast.
His range, four partitions of brick, was very small; a knife, a strainer, a pan lay by the fire just as they fell from the slave’s hand.” VALUE OF THE DISCOVERY OF POMPEII This description strongly presents to us the principal value of the discovery of Pompeii.
STEW FROM BAVARIAServes 4 If you like mild sauerkraut, instead of just draining it, as the recipe suggests, rinse it in a colander or strainer.
Quotes with STRAINER (2)
Did he show himself?” Nash asked, and I glanced to my right to see him staring at my father, as fascinated as I was. My dad nodded. “He was an arrogant little demon.”“So what happened?” I asked.“I punched him.” For a moment, we stared at him in silence. “You punched the reaper?” I asked, and my hand fell from the strainer onto the edge of the sink.“Yeah.” He chuckled at the memory, and his grin brought out one of my own. I couldn’t remember the last time I’d seen my father smile. “Broke his nose.
The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 31 times in crossword archives (1951–2024).