percolator

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    A coffee maker that allows boiling water to rise up through a narrow tube and then drip down through a perforated basket filled with ground coffee. While coffee percolators were originally designed to use on a stove, today there are electrical coffee makers that operate on the same principle.

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    "Disassembled percolator coffee maker, 16 January 2008" by Andreaze is licensed under Public Domain.

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    Merriam-Webster Online
    2015 Percolator. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/percolator, accessed January 20, 2015.