agar
Syllables: a·gar/ˈeɪ.ɡə/US/ˈɑˌɡɑɹ/
agar noun: a gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
Noun (1)
agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)
- A gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
- A culture medium based on this material.
- An hour before, he had been in lab, removing from the incubator his boxes of agar plates.2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 8
- A pattern that is periodic in both space and time covering the whole plane.
Noun (2)
agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)
Proper noun capitalized: Agar
Agar
- A surname.
agar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
agar in Hindi
- आगर
agar in Tamil
- கடற்பாசிக்கூழ், கடல் கஞ்சி, அகார், ஏகர், கடற்கோரை வேதிப் பொருள்
agar in Marathi
- आगर
agar in Urdu
- آگر
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- agar in Bengali
- আগর, আগার
- agar in Telugu
- అగర్
- agar in Malayalam
- അഗർ, അഗാർ
- agar in Kannada
- ಅಗರ್, ಅಗರ
- agar in Punjabi
- ਅਗਰ, ਆਗਰ
- agar in Gujarati
- આગર, અગર
- agar in Odia
- ଆଗର, ଅଗର, ଆଗର୍
- agar in Nepali
- आगर
- agar in Malay
- agar-agar
- agar in Persian
- آگار âgâr
- agar in Thai
- วุ้น wún, อะการ์
- agar in Vietnamese
- xu xoa, xu xa, su sa, thạch
Examples of agar in a sentence
- After 24 hours, the culture was passaged to an agar plate.
- It is a chocolated blood agar but here whole horse blood is used.
- This procedure was repeated with distilled water instead of the trypticase soy agar.
Synonyms of agar
Forms of agar
| plural | agars |
|---|---|
| alternative form | aggur |
Origin of agar
From Malay agar (“jelly”) or agar-agar.
Possibly from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru).
Words formed from agar
Phrases with agar
Words that rhyme with agar
9 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about agar
- What does agar mean?
- Agar means a gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
- What is agar in Hindi?
- Agar in Hindi is आगर. See Agar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is agar?
- Agar can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce agar?
- Agar is pronounced /ˈeɪ.ɡə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of agar?
- The plural of agar is agars.
Words near agar in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: agar (page history and authors); Agar (page history and authors); agar (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); agar (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agar (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agar (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agar (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agar (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agar (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agar (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agar (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agar (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); agar (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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