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pop filter

pop filter noun: piece of recording equipment - usually attached to a microphone stand - used to protect a microphone from distorted ‘popping’ sounds from plosives.

Noun

pop filter (plural pop filters)

  1. Piece of recording equipment - usually attached to a microphone stand - used to protect a microphone from distorted ‘popping’ sounds from plosives.

Forms of pop filter

pluralpop filters

Origin of pop filter

From pop, not only a word that contains two plosive consonants, but also onomatopoeic of the sound of a plosive.

Questions about pop filter

What does pop filter mean?
Pop filter means piece of recording equipment - usually attached to a microphone stand - used to protect a microphone from distorted ‘popping’ sounds from plosives.
What part of speech is pop filter?
Pop filter is a noun.
What is the plural of pop filter?
The plural of pop filter is pop filters.

Words near pop filter in the dictionary

  1. pop down
  2. pop eyed
  3. pop fastener
  4. pop fasteners
  5. pop feminism
  6. pop filter
  7. pop filters
  8. pop flies
  9. pop fly
  10. pop for
  11. pop group

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