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TEA-STRAINER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tea-strainer mean? 

TEA-STRAINER (noun)
  The noun TEA-STRAINER has 1 sense:

1. a device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of teaplay

  Familiarity information: TEA-STRAINER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TEA-STRAINER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of tea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tea-strainer" is a kind of...):

strainer (a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through)


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