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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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