sifter
nounUS /ˈsɪftɚ/
Etymology From sift + -er.
1
A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
- Near-synonym: 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.
- Derived terms
- plansifter, sugar sifter