strainer

One that strains, as a device used to separate liquids from solids.

An apparatus for tightening, stretching, or strengthening.

One who or that which strains.

A stretcher or tightener: as, a strainer for wire fences.

Any utensil for separating small solid particles from the liquid that contains them, either to preserve the solid objects or to clarify the liquid, or for both purposes.

In carriage-building: A reinforcing strip or button at the back of a panel.

Canvas glued to the back of a panel to prevent warping or cracking. Also called stretcher.

One who strains.

That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.

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; any device functioning as a sieve or filter – in special, a perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.