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to remove usually visible impurities from
- after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of filter (Entry 2 of 2)
as in purifier, refiner
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The first known use of filter was in the 15th century
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