Definitions for adulterate

adulterate a·dul·ter·ate

Spelling: [verb uh-duhl-tuh-reyt; adje
IPA: /verb əˈdʌl təˌreɪt; adjective əˈdʌl tər ɪt, -təˌreɪt/

Adulterate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 352 anagrams from letters in adulterate (aadeelrttu).

Definitions for adulterate

adjective

  1. impure or debased; cheapened in quality or purity.
  2. adulterous.

verb (used with object)

  1. to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article):

Origin of adulterate

1580-90; Latin adulterātus mixed, adulterated (past participle of adulterāre), equivalent to ad- ad- + -ulter (perhaps combining form of alter other; see Examples for adulterate

The London millers and bakers use immense quantities of bean flour to adulterate their flour and bread.

The florets of this yield a beautiful pink dye (see above), and are sometimes used to adulterate hay saffron.

Montaigne was a Gascon, and Gasconisms adulterate the purity of his French.

Used in salads, paints, &c.; also to adulterate oil of almonds.

Inability to adulterate the air by throwing off matter from the heating surfaces.

So little was drunk in England that it was not worth while to adulterate it.

But methinks he speaks with a spruce Attic accent of adulterate Spanish.

Since the reduction of duty on coffee it has nearly fallen into disuse, unless it be by the grocers to adulterate that article.

He was in the same plight as the manufacturer who has to adulterate and misrepresent his product.

Sometimes these nuts are exported to British India, where kernels are used chiefly to adulterate almond kernels.

Word Value for adulterate
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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