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obturate

obturate verb: to block up or obstruct.

Verb

obturate (third-person singular simple present obturates, present participle obturating, simple past and past participle obturated)

  1. To block up or obstruct.
    1. To stop up (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas when firing.

Adjective

obturate (comparative more obturate, superlative most obturate)

  1. (obsolete) Impervious.

obturate meaning in Bengali

obturate in Bengali

বন্ধ করা, বাধা দেওয়া, অভেদ্য

Forms of obturate

Verb
third-person singular presentobturates
present participleobturating
past participleobturated
pastobturated
Adjective
comparativemore obturate
superlativemost obturate

Origin of obturate

Borrowed from Latin obtūrātus, perfect passive participle of obtūrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from obturate

Questions about obturate

What does obturate mean?
Obturate means to block up or obstruct.
What is obturate in Bengali?
Obturate in Bengali is বন্ধ করা, বাধা দেওয়া, অভেদ্য. See Obturate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is obturate?
Obturate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of obturate?
The past tense of obturate is obturated.

Words near obturate in the dictionary

  1. obturacula
  2. obturacular
  3. obturacule
  4. obturacules
  5. obturaculum
  6. obturate
  7. obturated
  8. obturates
  9. obturating
  10. obturation
  11. obturational

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obturate (page history and authors); obturate (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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