percolator
nounUK /ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/ · US /ˈpɝkəleɪtɚ/
Etymology From percolate + -or.
1
A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds.
- She heard the percolator bell ring.1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 176:
2
A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.
- Derived terms
- perk