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Defenition of the word filter

    • Defenition of the word filter

      • A porous material for separating suspended particulate matter from liquids by passing the liquid through the pores in the filter and sieving out the solids. (Source: MGH)
      • Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
      • To separate or isolate components from one another with the help of a filter.
      • removes something from whatever passes through it
      • alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
      • remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"
      • pass through; "Water permeated sand easily"
      • run or flow slowly, or in an unsteady stream: "reports began to dribble in."
      • device that removes something from whatever passes through it
      • an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
      • pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
      • run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"
      • pass through
      • remove by passing through a filter
      • run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream

    Synonyms for the word filter

      • dribble
      • filter out
      • filtrate
      • percolate
      • permeate
      • separate out
      • sink in
      • strain
      • trickle

    Hyponyms for the word filter

      • air cleaner
      • air filter
      • bacteria bed
      • coffee filter
      • diatomaceous earth
      • diatomite
      • diffusing screen
      • drain basket
      • filter bed
      • fuel filter
      • glass wool
      • high-pass filter
      • infiltrate
      • kieselguhr
      • leach
      • light filter
      • low-pass filter
      • oil filter
      • percolate
      • strainer
      • water filter

    Hypernyms for the word filter

      • course
      • device
      • electrical device
      • feed
      • flow
      • penetrate
      • perforate
      • run
      • separate

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