sifter

Mesh kitchen tool

A sifter is a device for separating fine particles from coarse ones, typically a mesh-bottomed container used in baking to aerate flour and remove lumps: She ran the flour through a sifter twice.

By extension, a sifter is anyone who sorts through material looking for something valuable or relevant: sifters of intelligence data.

baking

flour

Milled grain powder

cake · pastry · dough · batter · confectionery · icing · leavening · mixing · lumps · aeration

sorting

separate

To set apart

screen · grade · categorize · distinguish · organize · refine · strain · remove · particulate · debris

mining

gold

Element seventy-nine

nugget · gravel · ore · gemstones · alluvial · creek · stream · rocker · sluice · classifier

utensil

mesh

Interlocking open weave

crank · rotary · drum · squeeze · coarse · perforated · stainless · plastic · manual · shake

archaeology

excavation

Act of unearthing

  • sedimentParticles settling in liquid
  • soilGround matter for planting
  • screenDisplay or barrier

mesh · artifacts · dig · site · trowel · layer · stratigraphy · context · grid · finds

Categories
Opposites
mesh fineness

siftercolander

Kitchen bowl for draining

strainer · sieve · steamer basket · splatter screen · slotted spoon

function (separating vs. combining)

siftercombiner

Something that joins elements

mixer · blender · amalgamator · homogenizer · whisk

mesh/filtration

sifterbucket

Open-top carrying vessel

pot · pan

Phrases
Family

sift, sifting, sifted, sifters, unsifted, siftings, siftable

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G