Definitions for chlorinate

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chlorinate chlo·ri·nate

Spelling: [klawr-uh-neyt, klohr-]

IPA: /ˈklɔr əˌneɪt, ˈkloʊr-/

Chlorinate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 1401 anagrams from letters in chlorinate (acehilnort).

Definitions for chlorinate

verb (used with object)

1. Chemistry. to combine or treat with chlorine. to introduce chlorine atoms into an organic compound by an addition or substitution reaction.
2. to disinfect (water) by means of chlorine.
3. Metallurgy. to treat (a gold ore) with chlorine gas in order that the gold may be removed as a soluble chloride.

Origin of chlorinate

First recorded in 1855-60; chlorine + -ate¹

Examples for chlorinate

The first step is to chlorinate ordinary toluol, one of the coal tar bases, to produce benzyl chloride.