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mentholate

mentholate noun: a salt or ion derived from menthol.

Noun

mentholate (countable and uncountable, plural mentholates)

  1. A salt or ion derived from menthol.

Verb

mentholate (third-person singular simple present mentholates, present participle mentholating, simple past and past participle mentholated)

  1. To add menthol (to something), particularly for flavouring.

Forms of mentholate

Noun
pluralmentholates
Verb
third-person singular presentmentholates
present participlementholating
past participlementholated
pastmentholated

Origin of mentholate

From menthol + -ate.

From menthol + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about mentholate

What does mentholate mean?
Mentholate means a salt or ion derived from menthol.
What part of speech is mentholate?
Mentholate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of mentholate?
The plural of mentholate is mentholates.

Words near mentholate in the dictionary

  1. menthids
  2. menthofuran
  3. menthol
  4. menthol cigarette
  5. menthol cigarettes
  6. mentholate
  7. mentholated
  8. mentholates
  9. mentholation
  10. menthols
  11. menthone

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