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gratinate

gratinate verb: to bake so as to form a gratin.

Verb

gratinate (third-person singular simple present gratinates, present participle gratinating, simple past and past participle gratinated)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To bake so as to form a gratin.

Forms of gratinate

third-person singular presentgratinates
present participlegratinating
past participlegratinated
pastgratinated

Origin of gratinate

From gratin + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French gratiner.

Questions about gratinate

What does gratinate mean?
Gratinate means to bake so as to form a gratin.
What part of speech is gratinate?
Gratinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of gratinate?
The past tense of gratinate is gratinated.

Words near gratinate in the dictionary

  1. gratify
  2. gratifying
  3. gratifyingly
  4. gratin
  5. gratin dauphinois
  6. gratinate
  7. gratinated
  8. gratinates
  9. gratinating
  10. gratinee
  11. gratineed

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