concentrate

1. 1.

   the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

   Synonymsdressed ore

   Broaderore
2. 2.

   a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

   Broaderfoodstuff

   Narrowertomato concentrateevaporated milkfrozen orange juice
3. 3.

   a concentrated example of something

   “the concentrate of contemporary despair”

   Broaderprototype

Other forms of concentrate

plural

concentrates·

past tense

concentrated·

present participle

concentrating·

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 concentrate

What does concentrate mean?

concentrate means "make denser, stronger, or purer". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in concentrate?

concentrate has 3 syllables: con-cen-trate. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnsənˌtɹeɪt/.

What is another word for concentrate?

Close synonyms include focus, center, centre, pore, rivet. 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.

What is the opposite of concentrate?

The recorded antonyms are deconcentrate.

Is concentrate a common word?

concentrate is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with concentrate?

6 words rhyme with concentrate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.