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filtro — 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

filtro is used for these senses in English:

  • philter A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver. [from the 16th c.]

filter — full definition

  1. noun A device or material that removes unwanted particles, substances, or signals from something passing through it.
  2. noun A digital effect applied to an image or a setting that screens out unwanted content.
  3. verb To pass something through a filter, or to sort and remove unwanted elements.

strainer — full definition

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. noun Debris in water that blocks the passage of solid objects.
  4. noun One who strains.

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