chelated

1. 1.

   relating to or characterized by chelation

   Synonymschelate

Questions about chelated

What does chelated mean?

chelated means "relating to or characterized by chelation".

How many syllables are in chelated?

chelated has 3 syllables: che-la-ted. The stress falls on "che".

What is another word for chelated?

Close synonyms include chelate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chelated a common word?

chelated 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.