fluoridise

1. 1.

   subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride

   “fluoridized water”

   “fluoridize the teeth of children”

   Synonymsfluoridatefluoridize

   Broaderprocess

Other forms of fluoridise

past tense

fluoridised·

present participle

fluoridising·

third person

fluoridises·

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 fluoridise

What does fluoridise mean?

fluoridise means "subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride".

How many syllables are in fluoridise?

fluoridise has 4 syllables: flu-o-ri-dise. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for fluoridise?

Close synonyms include fluoridate, fluoridize. 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 fluoridise a common word?

fluoridise 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.