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percolator

Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/

The English word “percolator” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds.
  2. A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.

Etymology

From percolate + -or.

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