A device used to catch and hold the debris flowing in pipelines. Such foreign materials can cause severe damage to meters or other surface equipment.

A wire or metal guard used to keep debris from clogging pipe or other openings made for removing water; used in pumps and on suction hose to keep foreign material from clogging or damaging pumps. 

"utensil which strains," early 14c., agent noun from strain (v.).

A coarse filter element (pore size over approximately 40 ¦m)

A kitchen utensil with a perforated or mesh bottom used to strain liquids or semi-liquids, or to sift dry ingredients such as flour or confectioners' sugar. Strainers, also called sieves, come in [..]

A kitchen utensil with a perforated or mesh bottom used to strain liquids or semi liquids, or to sift dry ingredients such as Jamaican flour or Jamaican confectioners' sugar. Strainers, also called sieves,  come in a variety of sizes, shapes and mesh densities. There are flat-bottomed, drum-shaped strainers with interchangeable meshes of diffe [..]

(n) a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through

A round fitting at the end of the suction hose which is matched to the size of a pump and permits solids only a certain size to enter the pump body. The strainer eliminates potential damage to the imp [..]

A series of wire or fabric meshes which are bonded together by caps or perforated cylinders and are fitted into hydraulic system passages to strain particles from fluid passed through the passage.

A wooden frame with fixed, non-expandable corners over which a painting canvas is stretched. Strainers are auxiliary supports for paintings. Strainers should not be confused with stretchers, which are expandable.

a device, such as a filter, to retain solid particles allowing a liquid to pass.

a tool that is placed over a shaker or glass to allow you to pour out the liquid while trapping all chunks or slivers of ice and other solid ingredients, keeping them from escaping. The two most common variations are the Hawthorne strainer (a flat disc with a spring coil designed to fit snugly over the opening of a mixing glass or shaker), and a ju [..]

Wire gadget with a spring around it that fits over the top of your mixing container so you can strain ice or pulp when pouring into a serving glass.

Filtering device used to remove the solid debris from the cooling water.

Filtering device used to remove the solid debris from the cooling water.

Also called a sieve, is a kitchen utensil with a perforated bottom used to strain liquids or semi-liquids, or to sift dry ingredients such as flour or icing sugar.

A wooden chassis for textile supports that has rigid, immovable corners. Return to top

Brush, fallen trees, bridge pilings, or anything else that allows the current to sweep through but pins boots and boaters. These are lethal.

a coarse filter element (pore size over approximately 40 µm).

An opening or openings where water can flow through, but a solid object such as a person or boat cannot. Usually formed by trees on the banks, or by rocks on top of one another with water flowing through them. One of the most dangerous river features.

A stretcher from with fixed corners.  It cannot be expanded.

The canvas of most contemporary paintings is secured to a wooden frame that is commonly referred to as a strainer or stretcher. Strainers are equipped with expandable corner joints that can be adjuste [..]

Brush or trees which have fallen into a river, usually on the outside of a bend. Current may sweep through, but the obstruction will stop a craft. Can be deadly.

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; any device functioning as a s [..]