noun
Meaning 1
That which elates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
elater
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈleɪ.tə/
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General-American: /əˈleɪ.tɚ/
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rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.ə.tə/
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General-American: /ˈɛl.ə.tɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 L AH0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: IH1 L EY0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Elasticity; especially the expansibility of a gas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A long, slender cell produced among spores and having hygroscopic secondary cell wall thickenings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of the long, slender hygroscopic appendages attached to the spores of horsetails (genus Equisetum).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
An elaterid, or click beetle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 6
any of various widely distributed beetles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elaterid beetle, elaterid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beetle
Narrower terms: click beetle, skipjack, snapping beetle, firefly, fire beetle, Pyrophorus noctiluca
History
Etymology
From elate + -er.
From New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”).