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cellulate

cellulate adjective: divided into chambers or cells; cellular, cellulated.

Adjective

cellulate (comparative more cellulate, superlative most cellulate)

  1. Divided into chambers or cells; cellular, cellulated.

Verb

cellulate (third-person singular simple present cellulates, present participle cellulating, simple past and past participle cellulated)

  1. To make, or to become cellular.
    • And then again, when we put what appears to be unorganised matter under the microscope, we frequently find it to consist of decayed organic or cellulated matter.1896, William Caldwell, Schopenhauer's System in Its Philosophical Significance, page 97

Forms of cellulate

Adjective
comparativemore cellulate
superlativemost cellulate
Verb
third-person singular presentcellulates
present participlecellulating
past participlecellulated
pastcellulated

Origin of cellulate

From cellule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From cellule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about cellulate

What does cellulate mean?
Cellulate means divided into chambers or cells; cellular, cellulated.
What part of speech is cellulate?
Cellulate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near cellulate in the dictionary

  1. cellularizing
  2. cellularly
  3. cellulars
  4. cellulase
  5. cellulases
  6. cellulate
  7. cellulated
  8. cellulates
  9. cellulating
  10. cellulation
  11. cellule

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