Definitions for sifter

sifter sift·er

Spelling: [sif-ter]
IPA: /ˈsɪf tər/

Sifter is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in sifter (efirst).

Definitions for sifter

noun

  1. a person or thing that sifts.
  2. a kitchen implement for sifting:

Origin of sifter

First recorded in 1570-80; sift + -er1

Examples for sifter

The sifter dumped flotsam—bricks, wiring, barbecue grills, bicycle wheels—in piles to be shipped to landfills upstate.

Stella could not wait for the next day; and, indeed, early the next day she learned that the one who sang was the sifter.

Dry the bread in the oven and put through food grinder or sifter.

Bob caught up the sifter, filled it to the brim, and came toward her, turning the handle as he approached.

My father, mother, and sifter met the steamer train at Euston.

Then we dropped in at The Silver Shark, a little inn about the size of a large dustbin of two compartments and a sifter.

Among the Cherokees it is common, in asking about the sex of a new arrival, to inquire, Is it a bow or a sifter?

He dropped the sifter into the bowl and his hand closed firmly over the one that now rested on its yellow rim.

It was lying in the sifter after most of the sand and dust had been blown away.

sifter Louisa drew it from among the folds of her long black robes.

Word Value for sifter
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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