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AMMONIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ammoniate mean? 

AMMONIATE (verb)
  The verb AMMONIATE has 1 sense:

1. treat with ammoniaplay

  Familiarity information: AMMONIATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMMONIATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they ammoniate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it ammoniates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: ammoniated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: ammoniated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: ammoniating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Treat with ammonia

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ammoniate" is one way to...):

process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ammonia (a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3))

ammonia (a water solution of ammonia)


 Context examples 


The surface of Ceres contains ammoniated phyllosilicates, or clays containing ammonia.

(Recent Hydrothermal Activity May Explain Ceres' Brightest Area, NASA)



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