Etiolate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈiːti.əleɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Etiolate is a verb meaning To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
Meaning
To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
More Meanings
- To make pale and sickly-looking.
- (intransitive) To become pale or blanched.
- etiolated
Example Sentences
Gwynn and Richard were at the Westway Health and Fitness Centre, surrounded by thirty or forty etiolated drunks: playing snooker.
She was a very lovely woman in her late thirties, in a silk dress of screaming scarlet that would have etiolated a white woman to bled veal.
Word Forms
- etiolates
- etiolating
- etiolated
Synonyms for etiolate
Depending on context, synonyms include etiolated, blanched, colorless, colourless.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blanched, colourless, colorless, bleach, whiten, aetiolate.
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