1. a coffee pot in which boiling water is forced up through a tube and filters down through coffee grounds
2. a device that filters liquid through a porous substance
Usage: technical

Examples

• She made coffee in the old aluminum percolator every morning.
• The percolator bubbled on the stove as the coffee brewed.
• My grandmother’s percolator made the strongest coffee in town.
• The camping percolator worked perfectly over the open fire.
• He could hear the percolator gurgling in the kitchen.
• The laboratory used a special percolator to filter the solution.