separator

[sep-uh-rey-ter]

sep·a·ra·tor

[sep-uh-rey-ter]
noun
1.
a person or thing that separates.
2.
any of various apparatus for separating one thing from another, as cream from milk, steam from water, or wheat from chaff.
3.
Electricity. a device that prevents metal contact between plates of opposite charge in a storage battery.
4.
Machinery. retainer1 (def. 3).

Origin:
1600–10; < Late Latin sēparātor, equivalent to Latin sēparā(re) to separate + -tor -tor

pre·sep·a·ra·tor, noun
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Separator is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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separator (ˈsɛpəˌreɪtə)
 
n
1.  a person or thing that separates
2.  a device for separating things into constituent parts, as milk into cream, etc
 
separatory
 
adj

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