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filtrate

American  
[fil-treyt] / ˈfɪl treɪt /

verb (used with or without object)

filtrated, filtrating

  1. to filter.

noun

  1. liquid that has been passed through a filter.

filtrate British  
/ ˈfɪltreɪt /

noun

  1. a liquid or gas that has been filtered

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verb

  1. another name for filter

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Etymology

Origin of filtrate

1605–15; < Medieval Latin filtrātus filtered, past participle of filtrāre. See filter, -ate 1

Example Sentences

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Filtrate will be cloudy if gelatine is present.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

Is there no music in the gentle word That falls in consolation on the sad, Starting the crystal tear into the eye, Filtrate through gratitude till there remain Naught earthy in its brightness?

From Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems by Cassels, Walter Richard

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