COMMINUTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does comminute mean? 

• COMMINUTE (verb)
  The verb COMMINUTE has 1 sense:

1. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

  Familiarity information: COMMINUTE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMINUTE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they comminute    ... he / she / it comminutes   
Past simple: comminuted   
Past participle: comminuted   
-ing form: comminuting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bray; comminute; crunch; grind; mash

Context example:

mash the garlic

Hypernyms (to "comminute" is one way to...):

break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "comminute"):

pulp (reduce to pulp)

pestle (grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar)

mill (grind with a mill)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something