PERCOLATOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("percolator" is a kind of...):

coffeepot (tall pot in which coffee is brewed)

Derivation:

percolate (prepare in a percolator)

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