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percolator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɝkəleɪtɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From percolate + -or.

Meanings

  1. A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds.
    • She heard the percolator bell ring. 1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 176:
  2. A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.

Forms

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percolators Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

perk

Translations (12)

fr percolateur (coffee brewing device) · uk кавова́рка (coffee brewing device) · it macchinetta (coffee brewing device) · ga síothlán (caife) (coffee brewing device) · sv perkolator (coffee brewing device) · kk кофеқайнатқыш (coffee brewing device) · fi pulputuspannu (coffee brewing device) · eo kafaparato (coffee brewing device) · de Perkolator (coffee brewing device) · ru кофева́рка (coffee brewing device) · hy սրճեփ (coffee brewing device) · fi perkolaattori (coffee brewing device)