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- Middle English · inherited fromstrener
- English todaystrainer
From Middle English strener, streynour, strenyour, equivalent to strain + -er.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
strainer
Today it means: A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid. Full definition →
Middle English strener