Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who drains; one who constructs channels for draining land: as, a ditcher and drainer.
- noun A natural or artificial channel by which drainage is effected.
- noun A vessel or bag in which moist substances are put to drain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, drains.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
frame orrack for allowingwashed crockery etc todry naturally - noun A person who explores drains, tunnels, and/or sewers
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Examples
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After having been thoroughly stirred for a while, the stock is run into what is called a drainer, where it is allowed to stand for several hours to drain off as much water as possible.
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~ -- Place them above a kettle of boiling water, in a kind of drainer made for that purpose, and adapted to the kettle.
The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. D. A. Compton 1846
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(I suppose if you wanted more height I could have gone with this over-the-sink dish drainer: [www. cooking.com])
DIY Pipe Laptop And Electronics Stands | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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He bought a toaster— $29.95—a dish drainer, a nonstick set of fry pans, a couple of spatulas, and a laundry basket.
Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011
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There was a dish drainer with a few clean dishes sitting in it—a single plate, a single glass, a single set of eating utensils.
Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011
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There was a dish drainer with a few clean dishes sitting in it—a single plate, a single glass, a single set of eating utensils.
Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011
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When the painfully named Retro Girl winds up dead, Homicide Detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim bring in their prime suspect and interrogate him under a “drainer” — a vent-shaped machine that emits superpower-draining light.
Brian Michael Bendis Fan Film Has Powers | Fan Cinema Today 2009
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He bought a toaster— $29.95—a dish drainer, a nonstick set of fry pans, a couple of spatulas, and a laundry basket.
Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011
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He put the binoculars down in the dish drainer, walked outside, down to the pond's edge, and threw rocks at it.
Dynamite Cynthia Hawkins 2010
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Sun shown evenly on the remnants of his breakfast dishes, which were upside down in the plastic drainer.
One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part I 2010
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