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Thesaurus: sifter

One who, or that which, sifts.

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  1. n. One who, or that which, sifts.
  2. n. 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 lamell/ of the beak.
  3. n. a household sieve (as for flour)
  4. 1. One who, or that which, sifts. 2. (Zoöl.) 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 lamell
  5. Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so calledbecause it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by meansof the lamell
  6. n:100 n. a household sieve (as for flour)