sieve
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2.4
- noun
- /sɪv/
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tamiz
- Strain the liquid through a fine sieve and return it to a clean saucepan.
- a diagnostic sieve
- a molecular sieve
What I prefer to do is just get a kitchen sieve or a screen or mesh, some hardware cloth, whatever I have that can screen down the potting mix.
- What I prefer to do is just get a kitchen sieve or a screen or mesh, some hardware cloth, whatever I have that can screen down the potting mix.
- I've got a large sieve, sieve, sieve, sieve, sieve, sieve.
- There was a sieve of sorts that that was the same exact dimensions as this sieve of sorts.
- I yield from and now I use the sieve.
Examples
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Mixing bowls, scales, and sieves are strewn around the room.
Fiction book (1990) -
Blend until very smooth, then strain through a sieve into a large pitcher.
Blog text (16) -
Samples were air-dried at room temperature, passed through a 2 mm sieve, and homogenized.
Academic text (2014) -
Three days later, a truck came loaded with picks, sieves, and excited scholars from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Fiction book (1994) -
What I prefer to do is just get a kitchen sieve or a screen or mesh, some hardware cloth, whatever I have that can screen down the potting mix.
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And the reason you want to pour it through a sieve is so that you don't get things like cloves and like massive chunks in your drink.
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Trowel, tongs, sand-glass, drug-jar, croslet, beaker, sieve, bellows, spatula, and funnel.
Fiction book (1991) -
Pour the sauce through a sieve to remove any lumps and create a smooth texture.
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She used a sieve to strain the pasta before serving it with sauce.
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After washing the vegetables, place them in a sieve to drain the excess water.
Synonyms
334
2.3
A thin mesh that keeps bugs out while letting air in
13
1.7
A bowl or cup with small holes that separates solids from liquids
7
9.9
A coarse sieve used to separate stones from sand
3
2.8
A kitchen tool with small holes used to remove lumps from flour and make it light
A tool that removes stones and clumps from fine soil
A device with very small holes that separates gases or liquids by size
Compounds
- Specialized
A tube made of cells joined end to end that carries nutrients in flowering plants and some algae
How Fine
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sieve comes from an old German word meaning 'to sift' and is related to the English word sift. A sieve is a tool with many holes used to separate small parts from larger ones, which is why we use it to strain flour or drain water.