percolator

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percolator

/ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/ UK
/ˈpɝkəleɪtɚ/ US

noun percolators

A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds. She heard the percolator bell ring.
A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.

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noun coffee brewing device

Français	percolateur
Deutsch	Perkolator
Italiano	macchinetta
Русский	кофева́рка kofevárka

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@misc{percolator_2026,
  title = {percolator},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/percolator},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}