Meanings
nounsifter (plural sifters)
plural sifters
- A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
Near-synonym: sieve
Synonyms: sieve
- rareOne who sifts.
He was employed as a sifter.
- 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
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Bulgarian сито
- сито (sito)tool for sifting
Catalan cernedor
- cernedortool for sifting
Finnish seula
- seulatool for sifting
German Sieb, Sieber
- Siebtool for sifting
- Sieberone who sifts
Irish criathar, criathradóir
- criathartool for sifting
- criathradóirtool for sifting
- scagairetool for sifting
Norwegian Bokmål sil
- siltool for sifting
Polish sito, arfa
- sitotool for sifting
- arfatool for sifting
- przesiewacztool for sifting
Spanish colador
- coladortool for sifting
Turkish kalburcu, elekçi
- kalburcuone who sifts
- elekçione who sifts
Ukrainian си́то
- си́то (sýto)tool for sifting
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APA
sifter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sifter
MLA
“sifter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sifter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sifter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sifter.
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