Plural of sieve

Forms of sieve

Sieves in a sentence

• The sievings retained on different sieves are washed into separate Petri dishes for further observations or purification by sucrose centrifugation.2008, D. K. Maheshwari, Potential Microorganisms For Sustainable Agriculture, page 79. From the entry sieving
• No sieves or bolting cloths are employed in its manufacture, and many coarse, unpulverized particles are present in the product.1908, Harry Snyder, Human Foods and their Nutritive Value, New York: Macmillan, section 157, pp. 145-146. From the entry coarse
• The countries of North Europe also imported special cloths and mixed cloths, bombases, sieves, leather goods, iron, copper, lead, tin, silver and ironware.1998, Giuseppe Barbieri, Carmelo Alberti, Le Venezie e l'Europa: testimoni di una civiltà sociale, page 275. From the entry bombase

Meaning of sieve

1. noun A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
2. noun A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.
3. noun A kind of coarse basket.

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Questions about the plural of sieve

What is the plural of sieve?

The plural of sieve is sieves.

Is sieve countable?

Sieve is a countable noun.