chlorinated etymology

English word chlorinated comes from English chlorinate

Detailed word origin of chlorinated

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
chlorinate English (eng) (transitive, chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).
chlorinated English (eng) (chemistry) Of water, that has had chlorine added to it to purify it.

Words with the same origin as chlorinated

Descendants of chlorinate
chlorination chlorinator