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fish strainer

fish strainer noun: a colander with handles, used for taking fish out of a cookpot.

Noun

fish strainer (plural fish strainers)

  1. A colander with handles, used for taking fish out of a cookpot.
  2. A perforated slab at the bottom of a dish, used to drain the water from a boiled fish.
    • an earthenware fish strainer

Forms of fish strainer

pluralfish strainers

Questions about fish strainer

What does fish strainer mean?
Fish strainer means a colander with handles, used for taking fish out of a cookpot.
What part of speech is fish strainer?
Fish strainer is a noun.
What is the plural of fish strainer?
The plural of fish strainer is fish strainers.

Words near fish strainer in the dictionary

  1. fish stocks
  2. fish stories
  3. fish storm
  4. fish storms
  5. fish story
  6. fish strainer
  7. fish strainers
  8. fish supper
  9. fish suppers
  10. fish tail
  11. fish tails

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