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biofilter

biofilter noun: any device for carrying out biofiltration.

Noun

biofilter (plural biofilters)

  1. Any device for carrying out biofiltration.
    • Fragrant gasses such as cadaverine and putrescine are treated with a biofilter before being released.2022 December 5, Caitlin Doughty, “If You Want to Give Something Back to Nature, Give Your Body”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Verb

biofilter (third-person singular simple present biofilters, present participle biofiltering, simple past and past participle biofiltered)

  1. (transitive) To filter by means of biofiltration.

Forms of biofilter

Noun
pluralbiofilters
Verb
third-person singular presentbiofilters
present participlebiofiltering
past participlebiofiltered
pastbiofiltered

Origin of biofilter

From bio- + filter.

Questions about biofilter

What does biofilter mean?
Biofilter means any device for carrying out biofiltration.
What part of speech is biofilter?
Biofilter can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of biofilter?
The plural of biofilter is biofilters.

Words near biofilter in the dictionary

  1. biofilament
  2. biofilaments
  3. biofilm
  4. biofilmed
  5. biofilms
  6. biofilter
  7. biofiltered
  8. biofiltering
  9. biofilters
  10. biofiltration
  11. biofiltrational

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