26984 words

sifter

2 definitions • 4 examples
1
a piece of kitchen equipment that you put flour, sugar, etc. through in order to break up large pieces :

Examples:

a flour sifter
a sugar sifter
2
a piece of equipment that soil, sand, rubble, etc. is put through in order to separate it into larger and smaller pieces:

Examples:

Shovels, sifters, and other gardening tools were found at the site.
Archaeologists use shovels, sifters and magnetometers to search for artifacts.

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