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STERNUTATORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sternutatory mean?
• STERNUTATORY (noun)
The noun STERNUTATORY has 1 sense:
1. a chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying
Familiarity information: STERNUTATORY used as a noun is very rare.
• STERNUTATORY (adjective)
The adjective STERNUTATORY has 2 senses:
1. tending to cause sneezing
2. causing sneezing
Familiarity information: STERNUTATORY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
sternutator; sternutatory
Context example:
police used a sternutatory to subdue the mob
Hypernyms ("sternutatory" is a kind of...):
chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to cause sneezing
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
sternutator (a chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Causing sneezing
Synonyms:
sternutative; sternutatory
Context example:
pepper is a sternutatory substance
Similar:
causative (producing an effect)
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