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Percolator

Percolator Meaning & Definition
Percolator Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Percolator?

[n] a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans

Synonyms | Synonyms for Percolator:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Percolator: clarifier | colander | cradle | cribble | filter | lixiviator | purifier | refiner | refinery | riddle | rocker | screen | sieve | sifter | strainer | winnow | winnowing basket | winnowing fan | winnowing machine

See Also | coffeepot

Percolator In Webster's Dictionary

\Per"co*la`tor\, n. 1. A kind of coffee pot in which the heated water is caused to filter through the coffee and thus extract its essence. 2. (Pharmacy) An apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.
\Per"co*la`tor\, n. One who, or that which, filters. ``[Tissues] act as percolators.'' --Henfrey.

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