tamis

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noun

A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.

OriginFrench tamis ← Middle French tamis ← Old French tamis →
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Meanings

nountamis (countable and uncountable, plural tamises)

plural tamises · alternative tammie · alternative tammy

  1. countableuncountablecookingA culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
  2. countableuncountableThe cloth itself; a tammy.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latintamisium
  2. Old Frenchtamis
  3. Middle Frenchtamis
  4. Frenchtamis
  5. Englishtamis

Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, of unclear origin. Cognate with Old High German zemis (dialectal German Zims), Dutch teems (“sieve”), West Frisian teams, tiems, German Low German Teemse, Teems, Old English temes, Old English temesian (“to sieve; sift”). Doublet of temse.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

tammy

Anagrams

Smitamaist
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APA

tamis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamis

MLA

“tamis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tamis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamis.

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