Explore Sifter through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like sieve or screen. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Sifter meaning
- A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
- One who sifts.
- Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak.
Using Sifter
- The main meaning on this page is: A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients. | One who sifts. | Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak.
- Useful related words include: sieve, screen.
- In the example corpus, sifter often appears in combinations such as: the sifter.
Context around Sifter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sifter
- In this selection, "sifter" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, designed, bin, struggles, built and flour stand out and add context to how "sifter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be when sifter struggles to and cleverly designed sifter built with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sifter" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sifter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Avoid dreaded lumps in flour with this cleverly-designed sifter, built with top and bottom lids to keep your ingredients fresh. (21 words)
One useful feature was the combination flour-bin/sifter, a tin hopper that could be used without having to remove it from the cabinet. (24 words)
Usually I purchase canned biscuits, but there comes a time when that just doesn’t cut it and I dig out the sifter, flour, milk, and lard. (27 words)
When idea can no longer fit within the scope of segregated power deeply rooted in the concept of being unconcerned about honor and disgrace, it turns out to be when sifter struggles to store water the end result is as evident as telling black from white. (46 words)
Add the potatoes to the sauce, and rewet the couscous in the sifter with a bit of the sauce “which will give it the red color”, continue cooking for another 20 minutes. (32 words)
Usually I purchase canned biscuits, but there comes a time when that just doesn’t cut it and I dig out the sifter, flour, milk, and lard. (27 words)
Example sentences (5)
Add the potatoes to the sauce, and rewet the couscous in the sifter with a bit of the sauce “which will give it the red color”, continue cooking for another 20 minutes.
When idea can no longer fit within the scope of segregated power deeply rooted in the concept of being unconcerned about honor and disgrace, it turns out to be when sifter struggles to store water the end result is as evident as telling black from white.
Avoid dreaded lumps in flour with this cleverly-designed sifter, built with top and bottom lids to keep your ingredients fresh.
Usually I purchase canned biscuits, but there comes a time when that just doesn’t cut it and I dig out the sifter, flour, milk, and lard.
One useful feature was the combination flour-bin/sifter, a tin hopper that could be used without having to remove it from the cabinet.
Common combinations with sifter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: