elutriating
The word “elutriating” has 5 syllables: e-lu-tri-at-ing
It's pronounced as /ɪˈluː.trɪ.eɪ.tɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for elutriating?
In the thesaurus, “elutriating” has 23 synonyms and 13 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for elutriating along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for elutriating
- bolting
- clarifying
- cleaning
- cleansing
- clearing
- decontaminating
- disinfecting
- distilling
- extracting
- filtering
- fining
- garbling
- leaching
- processing
- purging
- purifying
- rectifying
- refining
- sanitizing
- screening
- sieving
- sifting
- washing
Antonyms for elutriating
- begriming
- besmirching
- clouding
- contaminating
- defiling
- dirtying
- dulling
- fouling
- muddying
- polluting
- soiling
- sullying
- tainting
Meanings of elutriating
- verb
- To decant; to purify something by straining it.
- To separate great and small particles through an upwardly flowing liquid or vapid stream.
Example Sentences
- The technician is elutriating the sample to remove smaller particles.
- The process of elutriating the sand took several hours to complete.
- She is currently elutriating the minerals to separate them by weight.
- The laboratory is elutriating the mixture to ensure only the purest components remain.
- By elutriating the solution, they were able to isolate the heavier substances.
On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to elutriating, such as: begriming, besmirching, bolting, clarifying, cleaning, cleansing, clearing.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
garbling
- belying
- bending
- bolting
- bowdlerizing
- camouflaging
- censoring
- clarifying
- cleaning
- cleansing
- clearing
- coloring
- complicating
- confounding
- confusing
- cooking
- decontaminating
- disguising
- disinfecting
- dissembling
- distilling
- distorting
- elutriating
- equivocating
- extracting
- falsifying
- fibbing
- filtering
- fining
- fudging
- leaching
- lying
- masking
- misdescribing
- misinterpreting
- misrelating
- misrepresenting
- misspeaking
- misstating
- mistaking
- mistranslating
- mystifying
- obscuring
- paltering
- perverting
- prevaricating
- processing
- purging
- purifying
- rectifying
- refining
- sanitizing
- screening
- sieving
- sifting
- slanting
- twisting
- veiling
- warping
- washing
- whitewashing