percolator
A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee groundsA device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds.
» Tom bought a percolator.
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2 sensesA device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds.
Perkolator
кофева́ркаkofevárka
кавова́ркаkavovárka
a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans
A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.
Examples
11 sentencesTom bought a percolator.
Mary's buying a new percolator.
Мері купує нову кавоварку. — deniko
deMaria kauft eine neue Kaffeemaschine. — Melang
The percolator is out of order.
deDie Kaffeemaschine ist kaputt. — Zaghawa
The percolator is on the blink.
deDie Kaffeemaschine ist kaputt. — Zaghawa
He has a very good percolator.
deEr hat eine sehr gute Kaffeemaschine. — Melang
Translations
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Origin
From percolate + -or.From percolate + -or.
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Forms
plural: percolators| Singular | percolator |
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Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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