Usually means: Needle-shaped, slender, and pointed.
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  1. acerate: Merriam-Webster
  2. acerate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. acerate: Collins English Dictionary
  4. acerate: Vocabulary.com
  5. acerate: Wordnik
  6. acerate: Wiktionary
  7. acerate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. acerate: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Acerate, acerate: Dictionary.com
  10. Acerate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. acerate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. acerate: Rhymezone
  13. Acerate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. acerate: FreeDictionary.org
  15. acerate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. acerate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. acerate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. acerate: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acerate)

▸ noun:  (chemistry) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
▸ adjective:  Acerose; needle-shaped; long and pointed

Similar:
acicular, needle-shaped, acerose, pointed, simple, unsubdivided, acrylate, acetoacetate, aceturate, acetoacetyl, more...

Opposite:
blunt, dull, rounded, unsharpened, obtuse

Types:
needle-shaped, slender, pointed, sharp, tapering, more...

Phrases:
acerate leaf, more...

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Similar:
acicular, needle-shaped, acerose, pointed, simple, unsubdivided, acrylate, acetoacetate, aceturate, acetoacetyl, more...

Opposite:
blunt, dull, rounded, unsharpened, obtuse

Types:
needle-shaped, slender, pointed, sharp, tapering, more...

Phrases:
acerate leaf, more...



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