chlorinated
chlorinated is the simple past and past participle of chlorinate.
Meaning of chlorinate
Verb
chlorinate (third-person singular simple present chlorinates, present participle chlorinating, simple past and past participle chlorinated)
- To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).
Adjective
chlorinated (comparative more chlorinated, superlative most chlorinated)
- that has had chlorine added to it to purify it.
- The warehouse that caught fire contained 99% trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA) – used to make chlorinated tablets to control bacteria and algae – and 99% dichloroisocyanuric acid (DCCA), which is used to make swimming pool shock – a treatment used to help break down contaminants.2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN
Forms of chlorinated
| comparative | more chlorinated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most chlorinated |
Words formed from chlorinated
Questions about chlorinated
- What does chlorinated mean?
- Chlorinated means that has had chlorine added to it to purify it.
- What is chlorinated the simple past and past participle of?
- Chlorinated is the simple past and past participle of chlorinate.
- What part of speech is chlorinated?
- Chlorinated is an adjective.
Words near chlorinated in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chlorinated (page history and authors); chlorinate (page history and authors). 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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