Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contaminator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-tam-i-na-tor
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who contaminates.

noun

A thing that contaminates; a contaminant.

Example Sentences

"At which the afflicted father, count Raymond, when his wife Melusine was entering his closet to comfort him, broke out into these words against her, before all the courtiers who attended her: - "Out of my sight, thou pernicious snake and odious serpent! thou contaminator of my race!""

Etymology

From contaminate + -or.

Inflected Forms

contaminators (plural)

Phrases

cross-contamination

Frequently Paired Words

contamination

Synonyms

adulterator polluter adulterant contamination pollutant contaminant contaminator impurity pollution sophisticant taint

Questions

What does contaminator mean?: A person who contaminates.
Where does contaminator come from?: From contaminate + -or.

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