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oil filter

oil filter noun: a filter designed to remove contaminants from engine oil, transmission oil, lubricating oil, or hydraulic oil.

oil filter: a filter designed to remove contaminants from engine oil, transmission oil, lubricating oil, or...
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Noun

oil filter (plural oil filters)

  1. A filter designed to remove contaminants from engine oil, transmission oil, lubricating oil, or hydraulic oil.
    • An ordinary roll of toilet paper makes an ideal element for any oil filter. Laboratory tests prove it cleans oil faster and better than popular makes of filter elements.1950, Popular Science Publishing Company, “Toilet Paper Filters Oil Better ... At Fraction Of Cost”, in The Popular Science Monthly, volume 156, page 270

oil filter meaning in Tamil

oil filter in Tamil

எண்ணெய்வடி

Forms of oil filter

pluraloil filters

Questions about oil filter

What does oil filter mean?
Oil filter means a filter designed to remove contaminants from engine oil, transmission oil, lubricating oil, or hydraulic oil.
What is oil filter in Tamil?
Oil filter in Tamil is எண்ணெய்வடி. See Oil filter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oil filter?
Oil filter is a noun.
What is the plural of oil filter?
The plural of oil filter is oil filters.

Words near oil filter in the dictionary

  1. oil drillers
  2. oil drum
  3. oil drums
  4. oil field
  5. oil fields
  6. oil filter
  7. oil filters
  8. oil firing
  9. oil gas
  10. oil green
  11. oil heater

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