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AMMONIATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ammoniate ... he / she / it ammoniates
Past simple: ammoniated
-ing form: ammoniating
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)