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AERATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aerated mean?
• AERATED (adjective)
The adjective AERATED has 2 senses:
1. (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification
2. supplied with carbon dioxide
Familiarity information: AERATED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification
Similar:
treated (subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Supplied with carbon dioxide
Synonyms:
aerated; charged
Similar:
effervescent ((of a liquid) giving off bubbles)
Context examples
An aerated solution or suspension.
(Foam Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
By using this approach, the composting process is accelerated by approximately two months compared to the usual method of treating sludge in aerated piles, and by one month compared to another classic method that uses concrete containers.
(Scientists validate a new technology that transforms sewage sludge into fertilizer more efficiently, University of Granada)
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