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UK
/pˈɜːkəlˌeɪtɐ/
]
[ US /ˈpɝkəˌɫeɪtɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɝkəˌɫeɪtɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans
How To Use percolator In A Sentence
- On aluminum percolators, remove hard water deposits with either a soap-filled steel wool pad, or by perking with 1-2 tablespoons cream of tartar dissolved in water; rinse thoroughly.
- The office microwave and coffee percolator were also taken.
- Undaunted, she has another project in the percolator but will only say it involves the 20th century and is international in flavour.
- It is a quaint and relaxing venue, a home to connoisseurs of blend, bean and cream, and a portal for percolator punters like me.
- She's a self confessed coffee snob and brews up her beans in a small percolator.
- The term is applicable to machines or devices that force the heat transfer; for example, fans, frigorific, percolators, radiators, etc. Unthreaded #16 « Climate Audit
- If I'm feeling indulgent, I'll get a cup of coffee from the percolator.
- She's a self confessed coffee snob and brews up her beans in a small percolator.
- Jerking the basket away from the grinder he slammed it into the percolator.
- There's also a label featuring a number of silver coffee percolators on a flat white plane, emitting steam; a couple of them are rocketing into the sky. Dark Horse Perkulator Doppelbock