Definitions for hydrated

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hydrated hy·drat·ed

Spelling: [hahy-drey-tid]

IPA: /ˈhaɪ dreɪ tɪd/

Hydrated is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 242 anagrams from letters in hydrated (addehrty).

Definitions for hydrated

adjective

1. chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
2. (of paper pulp) beaten until gelatinous for making into water-resistant paper.

noun

1. any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to combine chemically with water.

Origin of hydrated

First recorded in 1800-10; hydrate + -ed²

Examples for hydrated

Alabas′ter, a name applied to a granular variety of gypsum or hydrated sulphate of lime.

It is a hydrated silicate of magnesium, mixed with lime, alumina, and a small quantity of iron.

A careful manufacturer of hydrated lime takes out imperfectly burned and other faulty material with screens.

hydrated lime, often called slaked lime, is a combination of stone-lime and water.

hydrated soaps, both smooth and marbled, are included in this classification, but are soda soaps.

Some of it is ground so fine that it looks like hydrated lime and is used for medicinal purposes.

This product should not be confused with ground limestone or hydrated lime.

The fact that it is not caustic, like the hydrated, is in its favor.

Fifty-six pounds of stone-lime, or 74 pounds of hydrated lime, become 100 pounds of air-slaked lime.

It consists of hydrated silicate of magnesium and, when finely ground, is white and greasy to the touch.