FILTER

6 letters 9 Scrabble points /ˈfɪltə/

Definition of FILTER

noun

  1. A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.

  2. Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.

  3. Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.

    "He runs an email filter to catch the junk mail."

verb

  1. To sort, sift, or isolate.

    "This strainer should filter out the large particles."

  2. To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.

    "The leaves of the trees filtered the light."

  3. To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.

    "The water filtered through the rock and soil."

Related words: filter out

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters F I L T E R
Length 6 letters
Scrabble Score 9 points

Anagrams of FILTER

Words that use the same letters:

FERTIL FILTRE LIFTER RELIFT TRIFLE

Words Containing "FILTER"

FILTERABILITY FILTERABLE FILTERABLENESS FILTERED FILTERER FILTERERS FILTERING FILTERMAN FILTERMEN FILTERS INFILTER INFILTERED INFILTERING NONFILTER NONFILTERABLE OVERFILTER PREFILTER PREFILTERS REFILTER REFILTERED

Words Starting with "FILTER"

FILTERABILITY FILTERABLE FILTERABLENESS FILTERED FILTERER FILTERERS FILTERING FILTERMAN FILTERMEN FILTERS

Words Ending with "FILTER"

INFILTER NONFILTER OVERFILTER PREFILTER REFILTER ULTRAFILTER