percolator

From percolate + -or.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːkəleɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝkəleɪtɚ/

percolator (plural percolators)

1. A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds.
   • 1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 176:

     She heard the percolator bell ring.

2. A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.

• perk

• procaterol

percōlātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of percōlō

Borrowed from French percolateur.

percolator n (plural percolatoare)

1. percolator