Phrase guide

soup strainer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A device or implement used as a strainer for soup.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2007, G. Gopal, Delicious Dishes (Vegetarian), Sura Books, page 77, When cool, pass the cooked mixture through a soup strainer.

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noun

Meaning 2

A moustache, particularly a handlebar moustache, that droops.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous

Examples

  • 2004, Ronald E. Yates, Finding Billy Battles, California Times Publishing, unnumbered page, Charley stroked his goatee and moustache. "I don't know. I got this here soup strainer and chin whiskers now, and I didn't in Tombstone. [...] "
  • 2013, Jon Sharpe, The Trailsman, No. 376: New Mexico Madman, Penguin (New American Library, Signet), page 21, He was a thickset man with a huge soup-strainer mustache and a pockmarked face.

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