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cultrate

cultrate adjective: sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife.

Adjective

cultrate (comparative more cultrate, superlative most cultrate)

  1. Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife
    • cultrate beak of certain birds
    Synonyms:
    cultriform

Synonyms of cultrate

Forms of cultrate

comparativemore cultrate
superlativemost cultrate
alternative formcultrated

Origin of cultrate

Borrowed from Latin cultrātus (“knife-shaped”), from culter + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from cultrate

Questions about cultrate

What does cultrate mean?
Cultrate means sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife.
What part of speech is cultrate?
Cultrate is an adjective.

Words near cultrate in the dictionary

  1. Culton
  2. Cultons
  3. cultorist
  4. cultorists
  5. Cultra
  6. cultrate
  7. cultrated
  8. cultriform
  9. cults
  10. cults of personality
  11. cultship

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