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sifter
This term describes a tool designed for filtration and aeration, typically associated with culinary arts or industrial processing. In a kitchen context, it refers to a handheld device used to remove clumps from dry ingredients like flour or powdered sugar, ensuring a light and uniform texture in baking.
In industrial or geological contexts, the word shifts toward heavy machinery. These large-scale sifting devices use vibration or rotation to sort raw materials, such as minerals or aggregates, by size. While the scale differs vastly between a kitchen utensil and a mining machine, the core mechanical principle of size-based separation remains the same.
Meanings
Examples
Use a sifter to remove any lumps from the flour.
I need to find the flour sifter before I can start the cake.
Pass me that sifter so I can dust the brownies with powdered sugar.
The recipe says to use a sifter for a lighter texture.
The industrial sifter is vibrating too loudly today.
The industrial sifter is vibrating too loudly today.
We need a larger sifter to handle the increased volume of raw minerals.
The technician is calibrating the rotary sifter for better precision.
Maybe a hand-crank sifter would be faster than this old sieve.