I skimmed the simmering soup with a skimmer.
Source: tatoeba (4331676)
Skimmer
Synonyms for "skimmer" (11 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(4 words)
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2 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
49 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مِطْفَحَة noun (spoon)
Bulgarian
2 entries- водорез noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
- решетъчна лъжица noun (spoon)
Catalan
2 entries- bec de tisora noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
- escumadora noun (spoon)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 剪嘴鷗 /剪嘴鸥 noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
- 漏勺 noun (spoon)
Czech
1 entries- sběračka noun (spoon)
Dutch
1 entries- schaarbek noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
Esperanto
1 entries- tondilbekulo noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
Finnish
3 entries- kuorija noun (person)
- reikäkauha noun (spoon)
- saksinokka noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
French
2 entries- bec-en-ciseaux noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
- écumoire noun (spoon)
Galician
1 entries- escumadeira noun (spoon)
German
3 entries- Schaumkelle noun (spoon)
- Schaumlöffel noun (spoon)
- Scherenschnabel noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
Italian
4 entries- becco a cesoie noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
- becco a forbice noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
- schiumaiola noun (spoon)
- schiumarola noun (spoon)
Japanese
3 entries- あみじゃくし noun (spoon)
- ハサミアジサシ noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
- 網杓子 noun (spoon)
Korean
2 entries- 그물 국자 noun (spoon)
- 집게제비갈매기 noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
Malayalam
1 entries- കണ്ണാപ്പ noun (spoon)
Navajo
1 entries- yaadaaʼnézí noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كفكیر noun (spoon)
Persian
1 entries- کفچلیز noun (spoon)
Polish
3 entries- brzytwodziób noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
- szumówka noun (spoon)
- łyżka cedzakowa noun (spoon)
Portuguese
2 entries- escumadeira noun (spoon)
- espumadeira noun (spoon)
Russian
2 entries- водорез noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
- шумо́вка noun (spoon)
Spanish
3 entries- espumadera noun (spoon)
- pico tijera noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
- rayador noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
Swedish
3 entries- hålslev noun (spoon)
- saxnäbb noun (bird of genus Rynchops)
- skumslev noun (spoon)
Tagalog
1 entries- espumadera noun (spoon)
Tajik
1 entries- кафгир noun (spoon)
Yoruba
1 entries- ìwà noun (spoon)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her mesh skimmer.
Source: tatoeba (10236814)
He says this robotic prototype is fashioned after the pond skimmer, an insect that can glide over water with little drag or friction.
Source: tatoeba (11983305)
Perhaps the greatest stone skimmer is Scotland's own Dougie Isaacs, who has won eight world titles.
Source: wiktionary
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