Definition of filter press
(Entry 1 of 2)
: 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
filter-press
transitive verbDefinition of filter-press (Entry 2 of 2)
: to pass through a filter press
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