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sulfurate

sulfurate verb: to treat or to combine something with sulfur.

Verb

sulfurate (third-person singular simple present sulfurates, present participle sulfurating, simple past and past participle sulfurated)

  1. To treat or to combine something with sulfur.
  2. To treat with sulfur compound (usually a sulfite).
  3. (rare) to spray/dust with sulfur.

Synonyms of sulfurate

Forms of sulfurate

third-person singular presentsulfurates
present participlesulfurating
past participlesulfurated
pastsulfurated

Origin of sulfurate

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

Words formed from sulfurate

Questions about sulfurate

What does sulfurate mean?
Sulfurate means to treat or to combine something with sulfur.
What part of speech is sulfurate?
Sulfurate is a verb.
What is the past tense of sulfurate?
The past tense of sulfurate is sulfurated.

Words near sulfurate in the dictionary

  1. sulfur-iodine cycle
  2. sulfurane
  3. sulfuranes
  4. sulfurase
  5. sulfurases
  6. sulfurate
  7. sulfurated
  8. sulfurates
  9. sulfurating
  10. sulfuration
  11. sulfurations

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