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colature

colature noun: the matter that is strained with a strainer.

Noun

colature (plural colatures)

  1. (obsolete) The matter that is strained with a strainer
  2. (obsolete) A strainer, or the process of straining.

Forms of colature

pluralcolatures

Origin of colature

From Latin colatura. Compare French colature. See colander.

Questions about colature

What does colature mean?
Colature means the matter that is strained with a strainer.
What part of speech is colature?
Colature is a noun.
What is the plural of colature?
The plural of colature is colatures.

Words near colature in the dictionary

  1. colation
  2. colatitude
  3. colatitudes
  4. Colato
  5. Colatos
  6. colature
  7. colatures
  8. Colavito
  9. Colavitos
  10. colayered
  11. colback

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