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EVAPORATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does evaporative mean?
• EVAPORATIVE (adjective)
The adjective EVAPORATIVE has 1 sense:
1. relating to or causing or being caused by evaporation
Familiarity information: EVAPORATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or causing or being caused by evaporation
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
an evaporative cooler
Pertainym:
evaporation (the process of becoming a vapor)
Derivation:
evaporate (change into a vapor)
evaporate (cause to change into a vapor)
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