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FILTER BED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does filter bed mean?
• FILTER BED (noun)
The noun FILTER BED has 1 sense:
1. filter consisting of a layer of sand or gravel for filtering water
Familiarity information: FILTER BED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Filter consisting of a layer of sand or gravel for filtering water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("filter bed" is a kind of...):
filter (device that removes something from whatever passes through it)
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