Definition of Chlorinate

1. Verb. Treat or combine with chlorine. "Chlorinated water"

Generic synonyms: Process, Treat
Derivative terms: Chlorination, Chlorination, Chlorine

2. Verb. Disinfect with chlorine. "Chlorinate a pool"
Generic synonyms: Disinfect
Derivative terms: Chlorination, Chlorine

Definition of Chlorinate

1. v. t. To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.

Definition of Chlorinate

1. Verb. (transitive chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chlorinate

1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlorinate

chloridimetry
chloridize
chloridized
chloridizes
chloridizing
chloridometer
chlorids
chloriduria
chlorimetric
chlorimetrical
chlorimetry
chlorimide
chlorimides
chlorimuron
chlorin
chlorinate (current term)
chlorinated
chlorinated hydrocarbon
chlorinated lime
chlorinated paraffin
chlorinates
chlorinating
chlorination
chlorinations
chlorinator
chlorinators
chlorine
chlorine-35
chlorine-36

Literary usage of Chlorinate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Eclectic practice of medicine by John Milton Scudder (1888)
"This may be followed by washes of chlorinate of Soda, Chloride of Lime, or Creosote, with Camphor and Myrrh; pure air, nutritious diet, ..."

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