filter bed
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English
Pronunciation
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Filter beds at Kempton Waterworks, on the edge of Greater London, England, UK (seen from the A316 viaduct).
A filter bed at Benfleet Sewage Treatment Plant, Essex.
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɪltə bɛd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪltɚ ˌbɛd/
- Hyphenation: filt‧er bed
Noun
filter bed (plural filter beds)
- A layer of gravel, sand, or other material through which liquid is passed in order to remove impurities; also, a pond or tank containing such a layer.
Translations
layer of gravel, etc., through which liquid is passed in order to remove impurities
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pond or tank containing such a layer
Further reading
sand filter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “filter bed, n.” under “filter, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2016. - “filter bed, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
