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A coarse sieve or screen.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɹɪbəl/
  1. A coarse sieve or screen.

  2. Coarse flour or meal.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French crible, from Late Latin criblus (“sieve”).

verb/ˈkɹɪbəl/
  1. To pass something through a sieve.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French crible, from Late Latin criblus (“sieve”).

adj/ˈkɹɪbəl/
  1. coarse

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French crible, from Late Latin criblus (“sieve”).

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