OIL FILTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oil filter mean? 

• OIL FILTER (noun)
  The noun OIL FILTER has 1 sense:

1. a filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internal-combustion engine

  Familiarity information: OIL FILTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OIL FILTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internal-combustion engine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("oil filter" is a kind of...):

filter (device that removes something from whatever passes through it)

Holonyms ("oil filter" is a part of...):

force-feed lubricating system; force feed; lubricating system; pressure-feed lubricating system; pressure feed (mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings)