WATER OF CRYSTALLISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water of crystallisation mean? 

• WATER OF CRYSTALLISATION (noun)
  The noun WATER OF CRYSTALLISATION has 1 sense:

1. the water present in hydrated compounds

  Familiarity information: WATER OF CRYSTALLISATION used as a noun is very rare.

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• WATER OF CRYSTALLISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The water present in hydrated compounds

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

water of crystallisation; water of crystallization; water of hydration

Hypernyms ("water of crystallisation" is a kind of...):

H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)