Plural of contaminant
regular plural
The plural of contaminant is contaminants.
Forms of contaminant
| Singular | contaminant /kənˈtamɪnənt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | contaminants |
| Countable | countable |
Contaminants in a sentence
- Put the lid on the jar to keep contaminants out.
- They tested the water for contaminants.From the entry tested
- These common kitome contaminants include genera such as Ralstonia, Sphingomonas, and Bradyrhizobium.2023, Suparna Mitra, editor, Metagenomic Data Analysis, Springer, Imprint: Humana, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry kitome
- These contaminants also remain in the fluid that returns to the surface after a well is hydrofracked.2011 April 17, “Chemicals Were Injected Into Wells, Report Says”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2022. From the entry hydrofrack
- The detached body part should be quickly irrigated to remove contaminants.2010, Buck Tilton, Wilderness First Responder, page 107. From the entry body part
Meaning of contaminant
- noun That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
Questions about the plural of contaminant
- What is the plural of contaminant?
- The plural of contaminant is contaminants.
- Is contaminant countable?
- Contaminant is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: contaminant (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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