noun
Meaning 1
A person or device that purifies (by removing impurities).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
purifier
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noun
Meaning 2
an apparatus for removing impurities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apparatus, setup
Narrower terms: scrubber
History
Etymology
From purify + -er.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: purificador — device that purifies
- Chinese Mandarin: 淨化器 /净化器 (jìnghuàqì) — device that purifies
- Finnish: puhdistin — device that purifies
- German: Reiniger — device that purifies
- Gujarati: શુદ્ધિકર્તા (śuddhikartā) — device that purifies
- Korean: 청정기 (cheongjeonggi) — device that purifies
- Polish: oczyszczacz — device that purifies
- Swedish: renare — device that purifies
- Welsh: peiriant puro — device that purifies
- Catalan: purificador — person that purifies
- Finnish: puhdistaja — person that purifies
- German: Reiniger — person that purifies
- Gujarati: શુદ્ધિકર્તા (śuddhikartā) — person that purifies
- Swedish: renare — person that purifies
- Welsh: purwr — person that purifies