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percolator |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Percolator \Per"co*la`tor\, n. 1. A kind of coffee pot in which the heated water is caused to filter through the coffee and thus extract its essence. 2. (Pharmacy) An apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Percolator \Per"co*la`tor\, n. One who or that which filters. ``[Tissues] act as percolators.'' --Henfrey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: percolator n : a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans
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