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cerated

cerated adjective: covered with wax.

Adjective

cerated (not comparable)

  1. Covered with wax.

Origin of cerated

From Latin ceratus, past participle of cerare (“to wax”), from cera (“wax”).

Questions about cerated

What does cerated mean?
Cerated means covered with wax.
What part of speech is cerated?
Cerated is an adjective.

Words near cerated in the dictionary

  1. cerastiums
  2. cerastocytin
  3. cerata
  4. ceratal
  5. cerate
  6. cerated
  7. cerates
  8. ceratiid
  9. ceratiids
  10. ceratin
  11. ceratinine

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