comminuted
UK/ˈkɒmɪnjuːtɪd/
comminuted adjective: reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing. Also the simple past and past participle of comminute.
Adjective
comminuted (comparative more comminuted, superlative most comminuted)
- Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
- The student will, however, have some idea of the minuteness of the unit which would then be wanting to complete the square, when he is informed that, if we suppose the whole globe we inhabit to be composed of sand, such that a cubic inch would contain ten millions of grains, a ten-tredecillionth of...1856, Noble Heath, A Treatise on Arithmetic, page 256
- Hawaiian sand is utterly different: it is comminuted coral and algae, the broken detritus of a hundred thousand storms washed up against the land.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 53
- Synonyms:
- triturated
Also used as
comminuted is also the simple past and past participle of comminute.
Synonyms of comminuted
Forms of comminuted
| comparative | more comminuted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most comminuted |
Origin of comminuted
From comminute + -ed.
Words formed from comminuted
Questions about comminuted
- What does comminuted mean?
- Comminuted means reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
- What part of speech is comminuted?
- Comminuted is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce comminuted?
- Comminuted is pronounced /ˈkɒmɪnjuːtɪd/ (UK).
Words near comminuted in the dictionary
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