- a thing that percolates
- a kind of coffeepot in which the boiling water bubbles up through a tube and filters, through the ground coffee held in a perforated container, back to the bottom of the pot
percolator
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percolator
noun
A coffeepot in which boiling water is forced repeatedly up through a central tube to filter back down through a basket of ground coffee beans.
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Noun
(plural percolators)
- A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds
Origin
From percolate +"Ž -or
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