percolator : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: percolator	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for percolator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
percolator n a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Percolator \Per"co*la`tor\, n. 1. A kind of coffee pot in which the heated water is caused to filter through the coffee and thus extract its essence. 2. (Pharmacy) An apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Percolator \Per"co*la`tor\, n. One who, or that which, filters. [bd][Tissues] act as percolators.[b8] --Henfrey.