hydrogenate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat.

/haɪˈdɹɒdʒəneɪt/ /ˈhaɪdɹədʒəneɪt/ /haɪˈdɹɑd͡ʒəneɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hydrogenate.wav

hydrogenate hydrogenates hydrogenating hydrogenated

From hydrogen + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

hydrogenated hydrogenation

biohydrogenate dehydrogenate hydrogenator rehydrogenate

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