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contaminant

Syllables: con·tam·i·nant/kənˈtamɪnənt/

contaminant noun: that which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.

Noun

contaminant (plural contaminants)

  1. That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
    • Put the lid on the jar to keep contaminants out.

contaminant meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Vietnamese

contaminant in Tamil

களங்கம், தூய்மைக்கெடுப்பி, மாசு

contaminant in Indonesian

that which contaminates
kontaminan

contaminant in Vietnamese

that which contaminates
chất gây ô nhiễm, chất gây bẩn

Examples of contaminant in a sentence

  • Monitoring wells are installed downgradient of a contamination source to detect a contaminant plume.
  • The pollutant creates a contaminant plume within an aquifer.
  • They tested the water for contaminants.

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Synonyms of contaminant

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of contaminant

Forms of contaminant

pluralcontaminants

Plural of contaminant: contaminants

Origin of contaminant

Borrowed from French contaminant, present participle of contaminer (“to contaminate”), from Latin contāmināre. By surface analysis, contaminate + -ant.

Words formed from contaminant

Questions about contaminant

What does contaminant mean?
Contaminant means that which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
What is contaminant in Tamil?
Contaminant in Tamil is களங்கம், தூய்மைக்கெடுப்பி, மாசு. See Contaminant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is contaminant?
Contaminant is a noun.
How do you pronounce contaminant?
Contaminant is pronounced /kənˈtamɪnənt/.
What is the plural of contaminant?
The plural of contaminant is contaminants.

Words near contaminant in the dictionary

  1. contains multitudes
  2. contains oneself
  3. contakia
  4. contakion
  5. contaminable
  6. contaminant
  7. contaminants
  8. contaminate
  9. contaminated
  10. contaminates
  11. contaminating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contaminant (page history and authors); contaminant (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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