air filter air cleaner | a filter that removes dust from the air that passes through it |
coffee filter | filter (usually of paper) that passes the coffee and retains the coffee grounds |
filter | device that removes something from whatever passes through it |
filter | an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it |
filter bed | filter consisting of a layer of sand or gravel for filtering water |
filter tip | an air filter on the end of a cigarette, contains material that filters the smoke |
filter-tipped cigarette | a cigarette with a filter tip |
fuel filter | a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel |
high-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies above a certain value and attenuates frequencies below that value |
light filter diffusing screen | a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it |
low-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies below a certain value and attenuates frequencies above that value |
oil filter | a filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internalombustion engine |
push-down storage push-down store stack | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
smokestack stack | a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated |
water filter | a filter to remove impurities from the water supply |
push-down list push-down stack stack | a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
stack | an orderly pile |
Sullivan Harry Stack Sullivan | United States psychiatrist (-) |
b batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad v b a | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a batch of letters, a deal of trouble, a lot of money, he made a mint on the stock market, see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos, it must have cost plenty, a slew of journalists, a wad of money |
filter paper | a porous unsized paper used for filtering |
percolate sink in permeate filter | pass through, Water permeates sand easily |
filter filtrate strain separate out filter out | remove by passing through a filter, filter out the impurities |
stack | arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances, stack the deck of cards |
stack pile heap | arrange in stacks, heap firewood around the fireplace, stack your books up on the shelves |
stack | load or cover with stacks, stack a truck with boxes |
pile up heap up stack up | arrange into piles or stacks, She piled up her books in my living room |
e flip one's lid blow up throw a fit hit the roof hit the ceiling have kittens have a fit combust blow one's stack fly off the handle flip one's wig lose one's temper blow a fuse go ballistic | get very angry and fly into a rage, The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question, Spam makes me go ballistic |
trickle dribble filter | run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream, water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose, reports began to dribble in |
store hive away lay in put in salt away stack away stash away | keep or lay aside for future use, store grain for the winter, The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat |
filter-tipped | of a cigar or cigarette, having a tip designed to filter the smoke, filter-tipped cigarettes |