bag filter

noun

: a filter made of a cloth bag ordinarily about 30 feet long for recovery of metal oxides and other solid particles suspended in a gas (as from smelting or other furnaces)

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bag filter was in 1848

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“Bag filter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bag%20filter. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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