fuel filter

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   a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel

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   Part offuel system

Questions about fuel filter

What does fuel filter mean?

fuel filter means "a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel".

Is fuel filter a common word?

fuel filter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.