Definition of "water-filter" [water-filter]

• An appliance for filtering water; a filter. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I banned bottled water from my house -- we have a water-filter system so you can drink from the tap."
• ""The water-filter systems he invented provide water of the highest quality, unattainable with other systems," United Russia's Mr. Gryzlov said at a party-sponsored conference a year ago, as Mr. Petrik sat with him on the dais."
• "All the soda was in open two-liter bottles, and I didnt even want to get a glass of water, because he had one of those water-filter things on the tap, and I thought he maybe put the drug in it."