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camphorate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cam-phor-ate
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt of camphoric acid.

verb

To treat or impregnate with camphor.

Transitive verb

adj

Combined or impregnated with camphor.

Etymology

From camphoric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Compare French camphorate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

camphorates (plural) camphorates (present, singular) camphorating (participle, present) camphorated (participle, past) camphorated (past) camphorated (alternative)

Questions

What does camphorate mean?
Any salt of camphoric acid.
Where does camphorate come from?
From camphoric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Compare French camphorate.

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