FILTRATE

filtrate

(noun) the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter

filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out

(verb) remove by passing through a filter; “filter out the impurities”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

filtrate (plural filtrates)

The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from the filtride.

Verb

filtrate (third-person singular simple present filtrates, present participle filtrating, simple past and past participle filtrated)

To filter.

Anagrams

• flat tire, triflate

Source: Wiktionary


Fil"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filtrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Filtrating. (] Etym: [Cf. LL. filtrare. See Filter.]

Definition: To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation. Arbuthnot.

Fil"trate, n.

Definition: That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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