Something that serves to separate.

Serving to separate. / (rare) Tending to keep oneself separate from others.

In a separative manner.

plural of separative

The quality of being separative.

(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts. / (transitive) To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect. / (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.

Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). / (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).

(usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.

The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated. / The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.

An object located between two or more things and hence separating them. / A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.