"paraffinate" meaning in English

See paraffinate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: paraffinates [present, singular, third-person], paraffinating [participle, present], paraffinated [participle, past], paraffinated [past]
Etymology: paraffin + -ate Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|paraffin|ate}} paraffin + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} paraffinate (third-person singular simple present paraffinates, present participle paraffinating, simple past and past participle paraffinated)
  1. To paraffin
    Sense id: en-paraffinate-en-verb-vHWyfTEs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for paraffinate meaning in English (1.1kB)

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