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noun(fil-ter)
a porous article or mass (as of paper or sand) through which a gas or liquid is passed to separate out matter in suspension
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noun(fil-ter)
an apparatus containing a filter medium
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noun(fil-ter)
a device or material for suppressing or minimizing waves or oscillations of certain frequencies (as of electricity, light, or sound)
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verb(fil-ter)
to subject to the action of a filter
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verb(fil-ter)
to remove by means of a filter
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verb(fil-ter)
to pass or move through or as if through a filter
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noun(fil-ter)
a sand or gravel bed for filtering water or sewage
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noun(fil-ter)
an environment and especially an online environment in which people are exposed only to opinions and information that conform to their existing beliefs
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noun(fil-ter)
an animal (such as a clam or baleen whale) that obtains its food by filtering organic matter or minute organisms from a current of water that passes through some part of its system
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noun(fil-ter)
porous unsized paper used especially for filtering
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noun(fil-ter)
a cigar or cigarette tip designed to filter the smoke before it enters the smoker's mouth; also : a cigar or cigarette provided with such a tip
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a filter that transmits only frequencies within a selected band
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software that identifies and blocks spam

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