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ABLATIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb

Synonyms:

ablative; ablative case

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ablative" is a kind of...):

oblique; oblique case (any grammatical case other than the nominative)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature

Example:

ablative material on a rocket cone

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

subtractive (constituting or involving subtraction)

Derivation:

ablate (wear away through erosion or vaporization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to the ablative case

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Pertainym:

ablative (the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb)

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