bioremediation

1. 1.

   the branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems

   Broaderbiotechnology
2. 2.

   the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances

   Broadertreatment

   bacteria

Other forms of bioremediation

plural

bioremediations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bioremediation

What does bioremediation mean?

bioremediation means "the branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bioremediation?

bioremediation has 8 syllables: bi-o-re-me-di-a-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

Is bioremediation a common word?

bioremediation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.