Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of straining or filtering; the matter strained.
  • noun A strainer; a filter.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A strainer.
  • noun obsolete The process of straining.
  • noun obsolete The matter that is strained.

Etymologies

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Latin colatura. Compare French colature. See colander.

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