Sievers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person or machine that passes loose material such as flour, sand or grain through a mesh to separate the fine parts from the coarse
2. Someone or something that sifts particles through a sieve, sorting finer matter from larger lumps or debris
3. Refers to the workers or devices that strain and separate granular substances by passing them through a perforated screen

Etymology: "Sievers" is the plural of "siever," a noun formed by adding the agent suffix "-er" to "sieve." Its meaning follows directly from that: a siever is one who sifts or sieves something, or a person or device that does the sieving. The plural simply refers to more than one such sifter or sifting device.

Synonyms: sifter, strainer