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FILTRATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

filter; filtrate (remove by passing through a filter)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove by passing through a filter

Example:

filter out the impurities

Synonyms:

filter; filter out; filtrate; separate out; strain

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

separate (divide into components or constituents)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

filter (device that removes something from whatever passes through it)

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

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