INSOLATE

sun, insolate, solarize, solarise

(verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; “insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble”; “These herbs suffer when sunned”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

insolate (third-person singular simple present insolates, present participle insolating, simple past and past participle insolated)

(transitive) To dry in, or expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


In"so*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insolating.] Etym: [L. insolatus, p. p. of insolare to expose to the sun; pref. in- in + sol the sun.]

Definition: To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure. Johnson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 May 2025

INSULATION

(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity


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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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