Definitions For Precipitate

noun

  • A precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
  • A solid substance that is separated from a liquid especially by a chemical process

verb

  • Separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
  • Hurl or throw violently
  • Bring about abruptly
  • Fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
  • Fall from clouds
  • To cause (something) to happen quickly or suddenly
  • To become separated from a liquid especially by a chemical process
  • To cause (something solid) to become separated from a liquid especially by a chemical process

adjective

  • Done with very great haste and without due deliberation

Is Precipitate a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
20

The word Precipitate is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Precipitate in a Sentence

  • Her death precipitated a family crisis.
  • The budget problem was precipitated by many unexpected costs.
  • Minerals that precipitate from seawater
  • The exodus from the cities was an unexpected precipitate of the automobile, which effectively shrank distances
  • The chemist filtered out the precipitate from the solution
  • The army's precipitate withdrawal from the field of battle

Synonyms for Precipitate

Antonyms for Precipitate

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