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Meaning of Sifter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsɪftɚ

Definitions

  1. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
  2. One who sifts.
    rare
  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.

Equivalents

العربية المغربل منخل
Български сито
Bosanski sito сито
Deutsch Sieb Sieber
Español colador
Gaeilge criathar scagaire
हिन्दी छननी
Hrvatski sito сито
Српски sito сито
Türkçe elekçi kalburcu
Українська сито

Examples

“Near-synonym: sieve”
“He was employed as a sifter.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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