A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.

plural of strainer

A strainer used to filter loose tea leaves from brewed tea.

plural of tea strainer

A colander with handles, for taking fish from a boiler. / A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish.

A person who is ostentatiously punctilious about trifles.

plural of fish strainer

plural of gnat-strainer

plural of strainer post

A sturdy post, situated at one end of a post and wire fence, that takes the major tension of the wires.