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PURIFIER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An apparatus for removing impurities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("purifier" is a kind of...):
apparatus; setup (equipment designed to serve a specific function)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "purifier"):
scrubber (a purifier that removes impurities from a gas)
Derivation:
purify (remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation)