filter press

noun

Definition of filter press

: a filter consisting usually of a series of rigid corrugated plates with intervening filter medium (as cloth) assembled in a framework so that the suspension to be filtered can be forced under pressure into the assembled press and the solids can collect as cake between the plates — see plate-and-frame filter

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filter-press

transitive verb

Definition of filter-press

: to pass through a filter press

Origin and Etymology of filter-press

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