Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fish strainer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables
fish s-train-er
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A colander with handles, used for taking fish out of a cookpot.

noun

A perforated slab at the bottom of a dish, used to drain the water from a boiled fish.

Example Sentences

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

fish strainers (plural)

Questions

What does fish strainer mean?
A colander with handles, used for taking fish out of a cookpot.

How to pronounce fish strainer

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