Strainer
41Cocktail strainer — A typical cocktail strainer Hawthorne type A cocktail strainer is a metal bar accessory used to remove ice from a mixed drink as it is poured into the serving glass. A type of sieve, the strainer is placed over the mouth of the glass or shaker in …
42tea-strainer — noun a device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of tea • Hypernyms: ↑strainer * * * teaˈ strainer noun A small strainer to catch tea leaves when pouring tea • • • Main Entry: ↑tea …
43soup-strainer — n. a mustache. □ Jerry had a big bushy soup strainer that he was very roud of. □ It’s not a soup strainer just a neat little black line …
44Fish strainer — Fish Fish, n.; pl. {Fishes} (f[i^]sh [e^]z), or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases,… …
45Gnat strainer — Gnat Gnat, n. [AS. gn[ae]t.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A blood sucking dipterous fly, of the genus {Culex}, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting… …
46The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed — Cetacea Ce*ta ce*a, n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. ?.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The… …
47tea strainer — noun A strainer used to filter tea leaves from brewed tea …
48pump strainer — See oil pump strainer …
49fish-strainer — fishˈ strainer noun A metal colander for taking fish from a boiler • • • Main Entry: ↑fish …
50fish strainer — 1) a metal colander for taking fish from a boiler 2) a perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish allowing liquid to drain from a boiled fish …