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fromate

fromate is the misspelling of formate.

fromate is the misspelling of format.

Meaning of formate

Noun

formate (plural formates)

  1. Any salt or ester of formic acid.
    • But most likely my judgement was distorted by my contempt for his acting the young buck [...] for ever waxing his moustaches and loading himself with medicaments supposed to replace the failing sap of youth, glycerophosphates, formates, nux vomica, yohimba, damiana.1963, Xavier Herbert, Distubing Element, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 178
    Synonyms:
    methanoate

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Meaning of format

Noun

format (plural formats)

  1. The layout of a publication or document.
    • The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work.1896, George Haven Putnam, Books and Their Makers During the Middle Ages
  2. (broadly) The form of presentation of something.
  3. The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
    • The radio station changed the format of its evening program.
  4. A file type.

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Questions about fromate

What is fromate the misspelling of?
Fromate is the misspelling of formate.

Words near fromate in the dictionary

  1. Froman
  2. Fromans
  3. fromard
  4. fromards
  5. Fromase
  6. fromate
  7. frome
  8. Frome St Quintin
  9. fromenteau
  10. fromenty
  11. Frometa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fromate (page history and authors); formate (page history and authors); format (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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