What does "sifter" mean?

A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.

What is a synonym for "sifter"?

Common synonyms include: bolter, clarifier, colander, cradle, cribble, filter.

/ˈsɪftɚ/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
"Near-synonym: sieve"
2
a household sieve (as for flour) wordnet
3
One who sifts. rare
"He was employed as a sifter."
4
Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak.

From sift + -er.