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sieve

[siv] / sɪv /
NOUN
strainer
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Sieve the flour into a large mixing bowl.

From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2015

Sieve the flour and cocoa into a mixing bowl and add the baking powder and salt.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2014

Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images It was at 4.57pm and after a roar spread among those gathered in the North Terrace, known here as "The Sieve" due to its leaky roof, that everyone could rejoice.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2013

Nectar in a Sieve, by Kamala Markandaya, did more to explain ordinary life in India than most of the year's nonfiction books on the subject put together.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was only a light breeze, and The Sieve was hardly moving.

From The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure by Bowen, William




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