butylated
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of butylate
Example Sentences
- "The Food and Drug Administration earlier this year seized a common food preservative, butylated hydroxytoluene, known simply as BHT, from Life Extension Products in Dania and Hollywood, Fla., after the product had been advertised as a treatment for herpes and AIDS, an agency spokesman said. The agency said the claims had not been proved in scientific tests."
- "The dyes portion of the West Virginia law will be enacted in schools beginning August 1. Then the dyes portion and the section on butylated hydroxyanisole and propylparaben will take effect statewide on January 1, 2028."
Inflected Forms
more butylated (comparative)
most butylated (superlative)