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sifter

US/ˈsɪftɚ/

sifter noun: a tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.

sifter: a tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients
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Noun

sifter (plural sifters)

  1. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
    • Near-synonym: sieve
    Synonyms:
    sieve
  2. (rare) One who sifts.
    • He was employed as a sifter.
  3. Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak.

sifter meaning in Tamil

sifter in Tamil

அரிப்புக்காரன்

Synonyms of sifter

Forms of sifter

pluralsifters

Origin of sifter

From sift + -er.

Words formed from sifter

Words that rhyme with sifter

Questions about sifter

What does sifter mean?
Sifter means a tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
What is sifter in Tamil?
Sifter in Tamil is அரிப்புக்காரன். See Sifter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sifter?
Sifter is a noun.
How do you pronounce sifter?
Sifter is pronounced /ˈsɪftɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of sifter?
The plural of sifter is sifters.

Words near sifter in the dictionary

  1. siftable
  2. siftage
  3. sifted
  4. sifted out
  5. sifted through
  6. sifter
  7. sifters
  8. sifteth
  9. sifting
  10. sifting out
  11. sifting through

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sifter (page history and authors); sifter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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