Sieve synonyms

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strainer
An apparatus for tightening, stretching, or strengthening.
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colander
A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta.
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screen
(Baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
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bolting cloth
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
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mesh
(Computer graphics) A polygon mesh.
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sifter
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 lamellae of the beak.
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bolt
A similar device in any breech mechanism.
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searce
(Obsolete) A sieve; a strainer.
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hair sieve
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
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drum sieve
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
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flat sieve
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
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quarter-inch sieve
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
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half-inch sieve
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
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gravel sieve
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
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flour sieve
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
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basket
(Basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
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bolter
One who gives up membership in or withdraws support from a political party.
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filter
A material that has very tiny holes and is used to separate out solid particles contained in a liquid or gas that is passed through it.
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riddle
A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
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separate
Coordinated articles of dress worn as a set or separately in various combinations
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sift
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
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strain
The definition of a strain is a bodily injury due to overexertion or an excessive demand on resources.
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tammis
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
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tammy
(Now rare) A sieve, or strainer; a tamis.
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screen-out
(Figuratively) to exclude
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sort
Isaac Newton
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egg-white (related)
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seive (related)
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fine-mesh (related)
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pipette (related)
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cornstarch (related)
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ladle (related)
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Find another word for sieve. In this page you can discover 32 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for sieve, like: strainer, colander, screen, bolting cloth, mesh, sifter, bolt, searce, hair sieve, drum sieve and flat sieve.
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Sieve Sentence Examples

  • Incomplete fusion occurs in sieve tubes.

  • In the evening the milk is strained through a wire sieve and transferred to barrels.

  • The companion cells are cut off from the same cells as those which unite to form the sieve tube.

  • At an early period Wallsend was famous for its coal, but the name has now a general application to coal that does not go through a sieve with meshes five-eighths of an inch in size.

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