noun
Meaning 1
Pulverized material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The drink contains lemon comminute.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
comminute
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈkɒ.mɪ.njuːt/
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General-American: /ˈkɑ.mɪ.njuːt/
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verb
Meaning 2
To pulverize; to smash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To cause fragmentation (of bone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To break into smaller portions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- grind the spices in a mortar
- mash the garlic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grind, mash, crunch, bray
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
Narrower terms: pulp, pestle, mill
History
Etymology
From Latin comminūtus (“crumbled, lessened”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 粉碎物料 (fěnsuì wùliào) — pulverized material
- Chinese Mandarin: 粉末 (fěnmò) — pulverized material
- Chinese Mandarin: 碎末 (suìmò) — pulverized material
- Chinese Mandarin: 碎 (suì) — pulverized material
- Finnish: jauhe — pulverized material
- Chinese Mandarin: 粉碎 (fěnsuì) — pulverize
- Chinese Mandarin: 搗碎 /捣碎 (dǎosuì) — pulverize
- Chinese Mandarin: 磨碎 (mósuì) — pulverize
- Finnish: murskata — pulverize
- Chinese Mandarin: 使碎裂 (shǐ suìliè) — cause fragmentation
- Chinese Mandarin: 導致骨折粉碎 /导致骨折粉碎 (dǎozhì gǔzhé fěnsuì) — cause fragmentation
- Finnish: pirstaloida — cause fragmentation
- Chinese Mandarin: 分成小塊 /分成小块 (fēn chéng xiǎo kuài) — break into smaller portions
- Chinese Mandarin: 破碎 (pòsuì) — break into smaller portions
- Chinese Mandarin: 分割 (fēngē) — break into smaller portions
- Finnish: murtaa — break into smaller portions
- Finnish: hienontaa — break into smaller portions