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noun
A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: coffeepot
History
From percolate + -or.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
