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Filtrate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To put or go through a filter.

n. Material, especially liquid, that has passed through a filter.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

v. To filter.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.

n. That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration. Contrasted with retentate, the material remaining on the filter.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To filter; defecate, as liquor, by straining or percolation: also used figuratively.

n. The liquid which has been passed through a filter.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. remove by passing through a filter

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

Word Usage

"The clear filtrate is concentrated in vacuo to about 1/15 of its original volume."

Antonym

retentate

Verb Form

filtrated filtrates filtrating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

separate

Form

filtrated filtrating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

filter defecate

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

distillate formate sweetwater