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humectants

humectants is the plural of humectant.

Meaning of humectant

Noun

humectant (plural humectants)

  1. Any substance that promotes the retention of water, especially one used to keep a food product moist.
    • […] that you have induced a horrid phlegmatic condition with will soon require a liberal and generous humectant to keep the very membranes of your very entrails from desquamating, chipping off and blocking up all the pipes of your body.1911, Hampton's Magazine, volume 27, number 1, page 462

Questions about humectants

What is humectants the plural of?
Humectants is the plural of humectant.

Words near humectants in the dictionary

  1. Humean
  2. Humeanism
  3. Humeans
  4. humect
  5. humectant
  6. humectants
  7. humectate
  8. humectated
  9. humectates
  10. humectating
  11. humectation

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