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ustulate

ustulate adjective: blackened as if burned.

Adjective

ustulate (comparative more ustulate, superlative most ustulate)

  1. Blackened as if burned.

Verb

ustulate (third-person singular simple present ustulates, present participle ustulating, simple past and past participle ustulated)

  1. (transitive) To burn or roast (ores).

Forms of ustulate

Adjective
comparativemore ustulate
superlativemost ustulate
Verb
third-person singular presentustulates
present participleustulating
past participleustulated
pastustulated

Origin of ustulate

Borrowed from Latin ustulatus, past participle of ustulare (“to scorch”), urere (“to burn”).

Words formed from ustulate

Questions about ustulate

What does ustulate mean?
Ustulate means blackened as if burned.
What part of speech is ustulate?
Ustulate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near ustulate in the dictionary

  1. USTR
  2. Ustrani
  3. ustrina
  4. ustrinum
  5. USTs
  6. ustulate
  7. ustulated
  8. ustulates
  9. ustulating
  10. ustulation
  11. ustulations

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