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anhydrate

anhydrate noun: an acid anhydride.

Noun

anhydrate (plural anhydrates)

  1. An acid anhydride
  2. The anhydrous form of a normally hydrated compound

Verb

anhydrate (third-person singular simple present anhydrates, present participle anhydrating, simple past and past participle anhydrated)

  1. To dehydrate, especially in food processing.
    • The Tarim mummies, found in present-day China, were anhydrated naturally by searing desert conditions.

Forms of anhydrate

Noun
pluralanhydrates
Verb
third-person singular presentanhydrates
present participleanhydrating
past participleanhydrated
pastanhydrated

Questions about anhydrate

What does anhydrate mean?
Anhydrate means an acid anhydride.
What part of speech is anhydrate?
Anhydrate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of anhydrate?
The plural of anhydrate is anhydrates.

Words near anhydrate in the dictionary

  1. anhyd.
  2. anhydramnion
  3. anhydramnios
  4. anhydrase
  5. anhydrases
  6. anhydrate
  7. anhydrates
  8. anhydration
  9. anhydrations
  10. anhydric
  11. anhydrid

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