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nounbiofilter (plural biofilters)
plural biofilters
- Any device for carrying out biofiltration.
Fragrant gasses such as cadaverine and putrescine are treated with a biofilter before being released.
2022 December 5, Caitlin Doughty, “If You Want to Give Something Back to Nature, Give Your Body”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
verbbiofilter (third-person singular simple present biofilters, present participle biofiltering, simple past and past participle biofiltered)
present singular third person biofilters · participle present biofiltering · participle past biofiltered · past biofiltered
- transitiveTo filter by means of biofiltration.
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biofilter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biofilter
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“biofilter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biofilter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biofilter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biofilter.
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