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PERCOLATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does percolator mean?
• PERCOLATOR (noun)
The noun PERCOLATOR has 1 sense:
1. a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans
Familiarity information: PERCOLATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("percolator" is a kind of...):
coffeepot (tall pot in which coffee is brewed)
Derivation:
percolate (prepare in a percolator)
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