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Rareablative
The correct spelling is ablative.
How to pronounce ablative
noun
Say it like: Abl-ati-ve
The correct spelling is ablative. (grammar) The ablative case.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.(grammar) The ablative case.
- 2.An ablative material.
adjective
- 1.(grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.
- 2.Pertaining to taking away or removing.
- 3.Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying, as in ablative paints used for antifouling. .
- 4.Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ.
- 5.Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier.
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