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Definition of "percolator" []

  • 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. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "percolator" in a sentence
  • "Otherwise coffee from the percolator is the best there is."
  • "For general home use, a device that employs filter paper or filter cloth is best; for the epicure an improved porcelain French percolator (drip pot) or an improved cloth filter will yield the utmost of coffee's delights."
  • "Del I have used your method many times when I didn't take a percolator which is inconvienant not so much due to weight as bulk."