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chlorinates

chlorinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chlorinate.

Meaning of chlorinate

Verb

chlorinate (third-person singular simple present chlorinates, present participle chlorinating, simple past and past participle chlorinated)

  1. (transitive) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).

Questions about chlorinates

What is chlorinates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chlorinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chlorinate.

Words near chlorinates in the dictionary

  1. chlorinase
  2. chlorinases
  3. chlorinate
  4. chlorinated
  5. chlorinated lime
  6. chlorinates
  7. chlorinating
  8. chlorination
  9. chlorinations
  10. chlorinator
  11. chlorinators

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