cultrate

[ kuhl-treyt ]

/ ˈkʌl treɪt /

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adjective

sharp-edged and pointed, as a leaf.

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Also cul·trat·ed

[kuhl-trey-tid] /ˈkʌl treɪ tɪd/ .

Origin of cultrate

1855–60; <Latin cultrātus knife-shaped, equivalent to cultr- (stem of culter) knife + -ātus-ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM cultrate

sub·cul·trate, adjectivesub·cul·trat·ed, adjective

Words nearby cultrate

cultivated, cultivate one's own garden, cultivation, cultivator, cult of personality, cultrate, cultural, cultural anthropology, cultural appropriation, cultural capital, cultural cringe

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How to use cultrate in a sentence

Beak straight, cultrate, the tip a little hooked; the lower mandible with an angular prominence: 11 species.
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus|William MacGillivray
Beak convex, cultrate; nostrils covered by recumbent bristly feathers: 19 species.
Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus|William MacGillivray

British Dictionary definitions for cultrate

cultrate

cultrated

/ (ˈkʌltreɪt) /

adjective

shaped like a knife bladecultrate leaves

Word Origin for cultrate

C19: from Latin cultrātus, from culter knife

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