CHLORINATE

chlorinate

(verb) disinfect with chlorine; “chlorinate a pool”

chlorinate

(verb) treat or combine with chlorine; “chlorinated water”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

chlorinate (third-person singular simple present chlorinates, present participle chlorinating, simple past and past participle chlorinated)

(transitive, chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).

Anagrams

• ectorhinal, trachelion

Source: Wiktionary


Chlo"rin*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chlorinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Chlorinating.] (Chem.)

Definition: To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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