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portafilter

portafilter noun: a holder for ground espresso coffee that is attached to a group in an espresso machine to produce espresso.

Noun

portafilter (plural portafilters)

  1. A holder for ground espresso coffee that is attached to a group in an espresso machine to produce espresso.
  2. A similar-shaped device but without a bottom opening, used to backflush or clean an espresso machine.

Forms of portafilter

pluralportafilters

Origin of portafilter

Blend of portable + filter, or possibly incompletely calqued from Italian portafiltro "filter-carrier".

Questions about portafilter

What does portafilter mean?
Portafilter means a holder for ground espresso coffee that is attached to a group in an espresso machine to produce espresso.
What part of speech is portafilter?
Portafilter is a noun.
What is the plural of portafilter?
The plural of portafilter is portafilters.

Words near portafilter in the dictionary

  1. portacots
  2. portacrib
  3. portacribs
  4. Portadown
  5. portae
  6. portafilter
  7. portafilters
  8. portage
  9. Portage County
  10. Portage la Prairie
  11. Portage Lake

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