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elutriate

/ɪˈluːtɹɪeɪt/

elutriate verb: to decant; to purify something by straining it.

Verb

elutriate (third-person singular simple present elutriates, present participle elutriating, simple past and past participle elutriated)

  1. To decant; to purify something by straining it.
  2. To separate large and small particles through an upwardly flowing liquid or vapid stream.

elutriate meaning in Bengali

elutriate in Bengali

ছেঁকে নেওয়া

Forms of elutriate

third-person singular presentelutriates
present participleelutriating
past participleelutriated
pastelutriated

Origin of elutriate

From Latin elutriare (“wash out”), from e- + lutriare (“wash”).

Questions about elutriate

What does elutriate mean?
Elutriate means to decant; to purify something by straining it.
What is elutriate in Bengali?
Elutriate in Bengali is ছেঁকে নেওয়া. See Elutriate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is elutriate?
Elutriate is a verb.
How do you pronounce elutriate?
Elutriate is pronounced /ɪˈluːtɹɪeɪt/.
What is the past tense of elutriate?
The past tense of elutriate is elutriated.

Words near elutriate in the dictionary

  1. elutions
  2. elutor
  3. elutors
  4. elutration
  5. elutrations
  6. elutriate
  7. elutriated
  8. elutriates
  9. elutriating
  10. elutriation
  11. elutriations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: elutriate (page history and authors); elutriate (Bengali 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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