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		Definition of adulterant in English: adulterantnoun əˈdʌlt(ə)r(ə)ntəˈdəltərənt A substance used to adulterate another.  Example sentencesExamples -  The adulterants ranged from water in the case of milk, cheaper varieties of oils in the case of edible oils to colours in the case of rice and tea.
 -  Except flour or rice powder, all the other adulterants are health hazardous and cause irreparable damage to our system when eaten at regular intervals for a long period of time.
 -  It's filled with chemicals and adulterants designed to create a consistent flavor and taste across regions.
 -  Often highly noxious adulterants were used: cayenne pepper, which easily loses its red colour, was tinted with cinnabar, an extremely poisonous mercury compound.
 -  All the many hundreds of non-tobacco adulterants are to be ignored, no matter how indisputably dangerous and deadly.
 -  Often times, laboratories that perform drug screening assays are unaware of the various adulterants, detection methods, or their effects on the assay.
 -  Crack is a combination of cocaine hydrochloride, baking soda, and other adulterants which gives rise to a rock-like substance.
 -  The beam also contains a significant proportion of mid- and deep-ultraviolet; kills bacteria and decomposes any adulterants on the surface of the meat.
 -  Some herbal products may come with fillers, weeds, or other adulterants, so buy only from top quality suppliers.
 -  Heat is applied to the bottle, thereby separating the adulterants from the rock and leaving behind a gel-like substance containing a concentrated cocaine-based solution.
 -  Not only were they illegally manufacturing and supplying drugs in pubs for social consumption, they were diluting them with adulterants deceiving the people they supplied to increase their profits.
 -  It provides exact information about pigments, binders, extenders (used to improve viscosity and coverage), and adulterants, as well as paint layers.
 -  The sources of poisoning were identified as adulterants or erroneous substitutes.
 -  With new adulterants being developed at an alarming rate, it has become increasingly difficult to keep up with the development of methods to detect these products.
 -  Use of adulterants or spurious materials is another issue that further complicates the quality standards of plants-based traditional remedies.
 -  In doing so, they expose themselves to marijuana which may be contaminated with adulterants and mould.
 -  It was for the first time that we were able to get the adulterant (carbide pieces) in bulk quantity.
 -  Such coins could be considered as legitimate an element of a piece of jewellery as nine-carat gold, which contains 62.5% of adulterants.
 -  The State of California's Department of Health Services leading man Dr. Richard Ko briefly explains California's laboratory analysis that searches for heavy metals, chemicals and other adulterants in patent formulas.
 -  The presence of deliberately added adulterants and accidental contaminants in the herb or herbal extract is always a risk when these products are not properly tested for purity.
 
  Synonyms contaminant, pollutant, foreign body 
 adjective əˈdʌlt(ə)r(ə)ntəˈdəltərənt Used in adulterating something.  Example sentencesExamples -  They argued that because the bacteria is naturally occurring, it is not an "adulterant" substance subject to regulation by the government.
 
 
 Origin   Mid 18th century: from Latin adulterant- 'corrupting', from the verb adulterare (see adulterate).    Definition of adulterant in US English: adulterantnounəˈdəltərəntəˈdəltərənt A substance used to adulterate another.  Example sentencesExamples -  It provides exact information about pigments, binders, extenders (used to improve viscosity and coverage), and adulterants, as well as paint layers.
 -  It's filled with chemicals and adulterants designed to create a consistent flavor and taste across regions.
 -  With new adulterants being developed at an alarming rate, it has become increasingly difficult to keep up with the development of methods to detect these products.
 -  It was for the first time that we were able to get the adulterant (carbide pieces) in bulk quantity.
 -  Such coins could be considered as legitimate an element of a piece of jewellery as nine-carat gold, which contains 62.5% of adulterants.
 -  Often times, laboratories that perform drug screening assays are unaware of the various adulterants, detection methods, or their effects on the assay.
 -  In doing so, they expose themselves to marijuana which may be contaminated with adulterants and mould.
 -  Use of adulterants or spurious materials is another issue that further complicates the quality standards of plants-based traditional remedies.
 -  The sources of poisoning were identified as adulterants or erroneous substitutes.
 -  Some herbal products may come with fillers, weeds, or other adulterants, so buy only from top quality suppliers.
 -  Often highly noxious adulterants were used: cayenne pepper, which easily loses its red colour, was tinted with cinnabar, an extremely poisonous mercury compound.
 -  Heat is applied to the bottle, thereby separating the adulterants from the rock and leaving behind a gel-like substance containing a concentrated cocaine-based solution.
 -  The State of California's Department of Health Services leading man Dr. Richard Ko briefly explains California's laboratory analysis that searches for heavy metals, chemicals and other adulterants in patent formulas.
 -  The beam also contains a significant proportion of mid- and deep-ultraviolet; kills bacteria and decomposes any adulterants on the surface of the meat.
 -  Not only were they illegally manufacturing and supplying drugs in pubs for social consumption, they were diluting them with adulterants deceiving the people they supplied to increase their profits.
 -  Crack is a combination of cocaine hydrochloride, baking soda, and other adulterants which gives rise to a rock-like substance.
 -  All the many hundreds of non-tobacco adulterants are to be ignored, no matter how indisputably dangerous and deadly.
 -  The adulterants ranged from water in the case of milk, cheaper varieties of oils in the case of edible oils to colours in the case of rice and tea.
 -  The presence of deliberately added adulterants and accidental contaminants in the herb or herbal extract is always a risk when these products are not properly tested for purity.
 -  Except flour or rice powder, all the other adulterants are health hazardous and cause irreparable damage to our system when eaten at regular intervals for a long period of time.
 
  Synonyms contaminant, pollutant, foreign body 
 adjectiveəˈdəltərəntəˈdəltərənt Used in adulterating something.  Example sentencesExamples -  They argued that because the bacteria is naturally occurring, it is not an "adulterant" substance subject to regulation by the government.
 
 
 Origin   Mid 18th century: from Latin adulterant- ‘corrupting’, from the verb adulterare (see adulterate).     |