filter

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪltɚ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun device that removes something from whatever passes through it
  2. noun an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
  3. verb remove by passing through a filter

Etymology

From Middle English filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum (compare also Old French feutre (“felt; filter”)), from Frankish *filtir, from Proto-West Germanic *felt. See felt. Doublet of phin.

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
device
Narrower (hyponyms)
oil filter, water filter, coffee filter, drain basket, glass wool, diatomaceous earth

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