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phosphatize

phosphatize verb: to convert something into a phosphate.

Verb

phosphatize (third-person singular simple present phosphatizes, present participle phosphatizing, simple past and past participle phosphatized)

  1. to convert something into a phosphate
  2. to treat something with phosphate or phosphoric acid

Forms of phosphatize

third-person singular presentphosphatizes
present participlephosphatizing
past participlephosphatized
pastphosphatized

Origin of phosphatize

From phosphate + -ize.

Questions about phosphatize

What does phosphatize mean?
Phosphatize means to convert something into a phosphate.
What part of speech is phosphatize?
Phosphatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of phosphatize?
The past tense of phosphatize is phosphatized.

Words near phosphatize in the dictionary

  1. phosphatised
  2. phosphatises
  3. phosphatising
  4. phosphatization
  5. phosphatizations
  6. phosphatize
  7. phosphatized
  8. phosphatizes
  9. phosphatizing
  10. phosphatocopid
  11. phosphatocopids

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