particulate

Other forms of particulate

plural

particulates·

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 particulate

What does particulate mean?

particulate means "a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in particulate?

particulate has 4 syllables: par-tic-u-late. The stress falls on "tic". In IPA it is /pɚˈtɪkjələt/.

What is another word for particulate?

Close synonyms include particulate matter. 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 particulate?

The recorded antonyms are nonparticulate.

Is particulate a common word?

particulate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 particulate?

1 word rhymes with particulate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.