Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [puh-loot-nt]
- /pəˈlut nt/
- /pəˈluː.tənt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [puh-loot-nt]
- /pəˈlut nt/
Definitions of pollutant word
- noun pollutant something that pollutes. 1
- noun pollutant any substance, as certain chemicals or waste products, that renders the air, soil, water, or other natural resource harmful or unsuitable for a specific purpose. 1
- noun pollutant substance that pollutes 1
- variable noun pollutant Pollutants are substances that pollute the environment, especially gases from vehicles and poisonous chemicals produced as waste by industrial processes. 0
- noun pollutant a substance that pollutes, esp a chemical or similar substance that is produced as a waste product of an industrial process 0
- noun pollutant something that pollutes; esp., a harmful chemical or waste material discharged into the water or atmosphere 0
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Origin of pollutant
First appearance:
before 1890 One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95; pollute + -ant
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Parts of speech for Pollutant
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pollutant popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
pollutant usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pollutant
noun pollutant
- adulterant — a substance or ingredient that adulterates
- contaminant — A contaminant is something that contaminates a substance such as water or food.
- contaminator — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- impurity — the quality or state of being impure.
- adulterator — One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something.
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