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comminute

/ˈkɒmɪnjuːt/

/ˈkɑːmɪnjuːt/

comminuteverb

comminuted

Past Simple

comminuted

Past Participle

comminuting

Gerund

/ˈkɒmɪnjuːt/

/ˈkɑːmɪnjuːt/

Translations

The chef decided to comminute the herbs for the sauce.

Шеф-повар решил измельчать травы для соуса.

Additional translations

Definitions

To reduce to small, fine particles or powder by crushing, grinding, or pulverizing.

The pharmacist used a mortar and pestle to comminute the tablets into a fine powder for the patient.

To fracture (a bone) into several small pieces.

The high-impact collision comminuted the patient's tibia.

Synonyms

break down

comminutepast participle

Definitions

Broken into multiple small fragments; pulverized, especially of bone.

The X-ray revealed a comminuted fracture of the femur.