Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

filtertop

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fil-ter-top
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The top section of an animal cage, such as a microisolator, that incorporates a filter.

Example Sentences

"To avoid further problems, animals were housed in shoebox cages with filtertops in a laminar-flow cabinet within an isolation cubicle. All caging, feed, water, and bedding were autoclaved before use."

Etymology

From filter + top.

Inflected Forms

filtertops (plural)

Questions

What does filtertop mean?: The top section of an animal cage, such as a microisolator, that incorporates a filter.
Where does filtertop come from?: From filter + top.

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