triturable
Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being ground or pulverized: "triturable" describes a substance that can be reduced to a fine powder or small particles through crushing, grinding, or pounding.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The mineral is easily triturable with a mortar and pestle. (The mineral can be ground into powder without difficulty.)
- Pharmaceutical tablets are often made from triturable ingredients. (The ingredients can be crushed into a fine form for medicine.)
Advanced Usage
"triturable substance": a material that can be broken down by trituration.
- The chemist tested the triturable nature of the compound. (The chemist examined how easily the compound could be pulverized.)
"triturable to a fine powder": describing the result of the grinding process.
- The dried roots are triturable to a fine powder for use in herbal remedies. (The roots can be ground into a very fine dust.)
Variants and Related Words
Triturate (verb): to grind or crush into a fine powder.
- The pharmacist triturated the pills to make a powder. (The pharmacist ground the pills into a fine form.)
Trituration (noun): the act or process of grinding or pulverizing.
- Trituration is a common technique in pharmacy. (Grinding is a standard method in drug preparation.)
Triturator (noun): a device or person that triturates.
- The laboratory uses an electric triturator for large samples. (The lab uses a machine to grind substances.)
Synonyms
- Pulverizable: capable of being reduced to dust or powder.
- Grindable: able to be ground into small particles.
- Crushable: able to be broken by pressure.
Related Idioms
- Reduce to powder: to grind something until it becomes a fine dust.
- The old bones were triturable and easily reduced to powder. (The bones could be ground into dust.)
Phrasal Verbs
- Grind down: to crush or pulverize into smaller pieces.
- The mortar grinds down the triturable material. (The tool crushes the material into powder.)