liquid filter

  • 21filter — fil|ter1 [ fıltər ] noun count ** ▸ 1 for removing something ▸ 2 on camera ▸ 3 on computer ▸ 4 filter tip ▸ 5 traffic light 1. ) an object or piece of equipment that allows you to remove substances that are not wanted from a liquid or gas: a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22filter — I UK [ˈfɪltə(r)] / US [ˈfɪltər] noun [countable] Word forms filter : singular filter plural filters ** 1) science an object or piece of equipment that allows you to remove solid parts that are not wanted from a liquid or gas a water filter 2) a… …

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  • 23filter — I. noun Etymology: Middle English filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum piece of felt used as a filter, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German filz felt more at felt Date: 1563 1. a. a porous article or mass (as of paper or sand) through which …

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  • 24filter — /ˈfɪltə / (say filtuh) noun 1. any device in which cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, is held and through which liquid is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids. 2. any of various analogous devices …

  • 25filter — fil•ter [[t]ˈfɪl tər[/t]] n. 1) chem. any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or charcoal, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids 2) chem. any device, as a tank or tube, containing such …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26Liquid Jungle Lab (LJL) Panama — National Park, a [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1138 UNESCO World Heritage Site] and Panama’s largest marine protected area. The LJL was founded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean Pigozzi Jean Pigozzi] Swiss venture capitalist, photographer… …

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  • 27filter — {{11}}filter (n.) early 15c., from O.Fr. filtre and directly from M.L. filtrum felt, which was used to strain impurities from liquid, from W.Gmc. *filtiz (see FELT (Cf. felt)). Of cigarettes, from 1908. {{12}}filter (v.) 1570s, from M.L. filtrare …

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  • 28filter — [ˈfɪltə] noun [C] I a piece of equipment that removes substances that are not wanted from a liquid or gas a water filter[/ex] II verb filter [ˈfɪltə] 1) [I] if light or sound filters into a place, only a little of it enters that place The August… …

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  • 29filter — [14] Ultimately, filter is the same word as felt – and indeed that is what it first meant in English (‘They dwell all in tents made of black filter’, John Mandeville, Travels 1400). It comes via Old French filtre from medieval Latin filtrum,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 30filter — noun 1》 a porous device for removing impurities or solid particles from a liquid or gas passed through it.     ↘a screen, plate, or layer which absorbs some of the light passing through it.     ↘a device for suppressing electrical or sound waves… …

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