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Percolator   /pˈərkəlˌeɪtər/   Listen
Percolator

noun
1.
A coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans.





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"Percolator" Quotes from Famous Books



... at the way I poked coals down from the grate; but she didn't say anything. Isn't it funny, to have cream in cans! I don't suppose it ever saw a cow—do you? The coffee's pretty bad, isn't it? But wait until we get home! I can make lovely coffee—if you'll get me a percolator. You will, won't you? And I learned now to make the most delicious fruit salad, just before I left. A cousin of Mrs. Forman's taught me how. Could ...
— Lonesome Land • B. M. Bower


Words linked to "Percolator" :   percolate, coffeepot


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