SIFTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sifter mean? 

• SIFTER (noun)
  The noun SIFTER has 1 sense:

1. a household sieve (as for flour)

  Familiarity information: SIFTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIFTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A household sieve (as for flour)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sifter" is a kind of...):

screen; sieve (a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles)

Derivation:

sift (separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements)