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ˈpɜr kəˌleɪ tərper·co·la·tor

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. percolatornoun

    a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans

GCIDE

  1. Percolatornoun

    A type of coffee pot in which the heated water is driven by its boiling action up above a porous canister of coffee held above the level of the water in the pot, and then filters (percolates) back through the coffee thus extracting its essence.

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  1. percolatornoun

    A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds

Wikipedia

  1. percolator

    A coffee percolator is a type of pot used for the brewing of coffee by continually cycling the boiling or nearly boiling brew through the grounds using gravity until the required strength is reached.Coffee percolators once enjoyed great popularity but were supplanted in the early 1970s by automatic drip coffee makers. Percolators often expose the grounds to higher temperatures than other brewing methods, and may recirculate already brewed coffee through the beans. As a result, coffee brewed with a percolator is particularly susceptible to overextraction. However, percolator enthusiasts maintain that the potential pitfalls of this brewing method can be eliminated by careful control of the brewing process.

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  1. percolator

    A percolator is a type of pot or device used to brew coffee by continuously cycling the boiling or nearly boiling brew through the grounds using gravity until the required strength is reached. It involves movement of fluid through a filter repeatedly to extract the essence or to purify the substance. The term can also be used metaphorically to refer to the process of gradual and slow permeation or filtering of an idea, influence, or information through a particular place or group.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Percolatornoun

    one who, or that which, filters

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Percolator in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Percolator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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