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percolator

[pur-kuh-ley-ter]

noun

  1. a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.

  2. something that percolates.



percolator

/ ˈɜːəˌɪə /

noun

  1. a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water is forced up through a tube and filters down through the coffee grounds into a container

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of percolator1

First recorded in 1835–45; percolate + -or 2
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There’s wine, children, arguments over whether it’s called sauce or gravy and a yellow-and-white gingham Mr. Coffee percolator — just like the one that sat in my grandmother’s kitchen.

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He stopped to watch a La Parrilla worker pour a giant jug of Jamaica into a percolator.

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In one scene, when Jackie is feeling trapped, the editing splices in an insert of a boiling coffee percolator and an old news clip of the Berlin Wall.

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Brewed in her sleek silver percolator, the coffee was ready before I was up each morning and I loved waking to its smoky, earthy smell.

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A big choice is how to brew it: espresso, filter, plunger, percolator, instant and more.

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