SIEVE

5 letters 8 Scrabble points /sɪv/

Definition of SIEVE

noun
  1. A device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

    "Use the sieve to get the pasta from the water."

  2. A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.

    "Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers."

  3. A kind of coarse basket.

verb
  1. To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

  2. To concede; let in

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters S I E V E
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 8 points

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