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FILTRATE

Dictionary entry overview: What does filtrate mean?

• FILTRATE (noun)
The noun FILTRATE has 1 sense:

1. the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter

Familiarity information: FILTRATE used as a noun is very rare.

• FILTRATE (verb)
The verb FILTRATE has 1 sense:

1. remove by passing through a filter

Familiarity information: FILTRATE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FILTRATE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("filtrate" is a kind of...):

fluid (a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure)

product (a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filtrate"):

percolate (the product of percolation)

• FILTRATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Remove by passing through a filter

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

filter; filter out; filtrate; separate out; strain

Context example:

filter out the impurities

Hypernyms (to "filtrate" is one way to...):

separate (divide into components or constituents)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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