filter — meaning in English
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English meaning
- filter noun A device or material that removes unwanted particles, substances, or signals from something passing through it.
- strainer noun A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
Senses
filter is used for these senses in English:
- filter tip A section at the mouth end of a cigarette containing porous absorbent materials designed to remove tar.
filter — full definition
- noun A device or material that removes unwanted particles, substances, or signals from something passing through it.
- noun A digital effect applied to an image or a setting that screens out unwanted content.
- verb To pass something through a filter, or to sort and remove unwanted elements.
strainer — full definition
- noun A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
- noun A perforated screen or openwork (usually at the end of a suction pipe of a pump), used to prevent solid bodies from mixing in a liquid stream or flowline.
- noun Debris in water that blocks the passage of solid objects.
- noun One who strains.