Aspirate is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 483 anagrams from letters in aspirate (aaeiprst).
Definitions for aspirate
noun
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Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
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Medicine/Medical. the substance or contents that have been aspirated.
adjective
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Phonetics. (of a speech sound) pronounced with or accompanied by aspiration; aspirated.
verb (used with object)
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Phonetics.
to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated.
to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
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Medicine/Medical.
to remove (a fluid) from a body cavity by use of an aspirator or suction syringe.
to inhale (fluid or a foreign body) into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.
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to draw or remove by suction.
Origin of aspirate
1660-70; Latin aspīrātus breathed upon (past participle of aspīrāre). See aspire, -ate1
Examples for aspirate
Sometimes the aspirate is transferred from the Adj. to the Conjunct.
Bottle propping and speed-feeding gruel causes them to choke and aspirate their food—sometimes causing pneumonia and death.
They omit the aspirate to nearly all words derived from Greek.
Some operate like bellows, creating an accordion-like sound as they aspirate.
Second, the aspirate (h as in have), which is generally condemned.
"Monsieur Reetchie, you are my friend, my intimate" (he put an aspirate on the word).
The aspirate can be added, if relished, to any centre slang word.
The aspirate is rarely misplaced, unless by a recent immigrant.
aspirate some of the inoculated media into capillary pipettes.
The aspirate, however, was too frequently omitted or misplaced.