Associations to the word «Percolator»

Wiktionary

PERCOLATOR, noun. A device used to brew coffee by passing boiling water through coffee grounds
PERCOLATOR, noun. A pharmaceutical apparatus for producing an extract from a drug by percolation.

Dictionary definition

PERCOLATOR, noun. A coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley