oil filter

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

   Broaderfilter

   Part oflubricating system

Questions about oil filter

What does oil filter mean?

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

Is oil filter a common word?

oil 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.