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sieve

17 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) sieve (noun)
  2. 2) sieve (verb)
  3. sieve analysis (noun)
  4. sieve and shears (noun plural but singular in constructrion)
  5. sieve area (noun)
  6. sieve cell (noun)
  7. sieve element (noun)
  8. sieve of Eratosthenes
  9. sieve pit (noun)
  10. sieve plate (noun)
  11. sieve tissue (noun)
  12. sieve tube (noun)
  13. sieve-tube element (noun)
  14. compound sieve plate (noun)
  15. drum sieve (noun)
  16. hair sieve (noun)
  17. molecular sieve (noun)

1sieve

noun \ˈsiv\

Definition of SIEVE

: a device with meshes or perforations through which finer particles of a mixture (as of ashes, flour, or sand) of various sizes may be passed to separate them from coarser ones, through which the liquid may be drained from liquid-containing material, or through which soft materials may be forced for reduction to fine particles
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Origin of SIEVE

Middle English sive, from Old English sife; akin to Old High German sib sieve
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Hardware Terms

adze, auger, awl, chock, ferrule, punch, tang

Rhymes with SIEVE

give, live, sheave, shiv, spiv

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