filter paper

noun

porous paper used in filtering.

Origin of filter paper

First recorded in 1890–95

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Examples from the Web for filter paper

Historical Examples of filter paper

This is washed on to a filter-paper, dried, ignited, and weighed.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture
W. H. Simmons
Immerse a piece of filter-paper and leave it in for 12 or 15 hours.
Detection of the Common Food Adulterants
Edwin M. Bruce
If filter-paper is not at hand, soak unsized paper to a pulp.
The Century Cook Book
Mary Ronald
A little blood is caught on a piece of linen or filter-paper, and allowed to distribute itself in a thin layer.
Histology of the Blood
Paul Ehrlich
The filter-paper must not be too large, but at the same time it must not be overloaded with the precipitate.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

British Dictionary definitions for filter paper

filter paper

noun

a porous paper used for filtering liquids

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