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chlorinate
[klawr-uh-neyt, klohr-]
verb (used with object)
Chemistry.Ìý
to disinfect (water) by means of chlorine.
Metallurgy.Ìýto treat (a gold ore) with chlorine gas in order that the gold may be removed as a soluble chloride.
chlorinate
/ ˈ°ì±ôɔ˰ùɪˌ²Ô±ðɪ³Ù /
verb
to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
to disinfect (water) with chlorine
chlorinate
To add chlorine or one of its compounds to a substance. Water and sewage are chlorinated to be disinfected, and paper pulp is chlorinated to be bleached.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- chlorination noun
- chlorinator noun
- hyperchlorination noun
- postchlorination adjective
- unchlorinated adjective
- ËŒ³¦³ó±ô´Ç°ù¾±²Ôˈ²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô noun
- ˈ³¦³ó±ô´Ç°ù¾±²ÔËŒ²¹³Ù´Ç°ù noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of chlorinate1
Example Sentences
Northridge and her team had to research how concrete ages while submerged; the effects team built a giant chlorinated water tank.
However, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been clear that food standards - for example, allowing imports of chlorinated chicken or hormone-treated beef - will not feature in this deal for domestic political reasons.
As long arcs of chlorinated water rained down onto his parents’ and neighbors’ roofs and yards, he resolved to stand his ground until the last moment:
DB, a slacker pool cleaner with eyes the same cerulean shade as the chlorinated body of water he tends to with an almost religious ecstasy.
It was the end-of-school pool party—at Max’s pool, of course—and Max felt that glow that comes from spending a full day in sunshine and chlorinated water.
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