oxidised

1. 1.

   combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen

   “the oxidized form of iodine”

   Synonymsoxidized

Questions about oxidised

What does oxidised mean?

oxidised means "combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen".

How many syllables are in oxidised?

oxidised has 3 syllables: oxi-di-sed. The stress falls on "oxi".

What is another word for oxidised?

Close synonyms include oxidized. 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 oxidised a common word?

oxidised 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.