Strainer
One who strains.
That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.
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Strainer Translations
strainer in Dutch is vergiet
strainer in German is Filter, Sieb
strainer in Portuguese is filtro
strainer in Swedish is sil
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