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tea-strainer

tea-strainer

2.3
A small tool placed over a cup to catch loose tea leaves when pouring
  • noun
  • /tiː ˈstreɪnər/
translation icon : colador de té

Examples

  • It's only a tea strainer, but I hope it'll do the work.

    Destination Tokyo (1943)

  • After brewing your tea, carefully pour it through a tea strainer to catch any loose leaves.

  • Using a tea strainer makes it easy to enjoy a cup of tea without worrying about bits of leaves in your drink.

  • She placed the tea strainer over the teapot to filter out the leaves before serving.

Synonyms

strainer
vstea-strainer
13 1.7

A bowl or cup with small holes that separates solids from liquids

is used specifically to catch loose leaves when pouring into a cup or teapot

How Fine

filter paper
  • Specialized
1 3.4
infuser
1 3.5
tea-strainer
2.3
sieve
18 2.4

Surface Forms

tea-strainer singular
tea-strainers plural

Morphology

tea-strainer = tea + strainer (transparent) = tea + strainer

Both components ('tea' and 'strainer') directly contribute to the meaning; it denotes a strainer used for tea.

Etymology

Tea-strainer is simply two words put together: tea and strainer. The strainer comes from the verb strain, which means 'to push a liquid through a filter'. So a tea-strainer is the small tool that catches loose leaves when you pour tea.