tea strainer

noun

A strainer used to filter loose tea leaves from brewed tea.

Meanings

nountea strainer (plural tea strainers)

plural tea strainers

  1. A strainer used to filter loose tea leaves from brewed tea.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 茶隔
  • 茶隔 (caa⁴ gaak³)strainer for loose tea leaves
Chinese Mandarin 濾茶器 /滤茶器
  • 濾茶器 /滤茶器 (lǜcháqì)strainer for loose tea leaves
Dutch theezeef
  • theezeefstrainer for loose tea leaves
Finnish teesiivilä
  • teesiivilästrainer for loose tea leaves
French passe-thé, boule à thé
  • passe-théstrainer for loose tea leaves
  • boule à théstrainer for loose tea leaves
German Teesieb
  • Teesiebstrainer for loose tea leaves
Italian colino, passino
  • colinostrainer for loose tea leaves
  • passinostrainer for loose tea leaves
  • colino da testrainer for loose tea leaves
Japanese 茶こし
  • 茶こし (chakoshi)strainer for loose tea leaves
Korean 차 거름망
  • 차 거름망 (cha georeummang)strainer for loose tea leaves
Russian ча́йное си́течко, си́течко
  • ча́йное си́течко (čájnoje sítečko)strainer for loose tea leaves
  • си́течко (sítečko)strainer for loose tea leaves
Swedish tesil
  • tesilstrainer for loose tea leaves
Cite this entry
APA

tea strainer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20strainer

MLA

“tea strainer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20strainer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tea strainer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20strainer.

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