OIL FILTER

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Meaning:

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

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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)