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ablative

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. 1.(grammar) The ablative case.
  2. 2.An ablative material.

adjective

  1. 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. 2.Pertaining to taking away or removing.
  3. 3.Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying, as in ablative paints used for antifouling. .
  4. 4.Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ.
  5. 5.Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier.

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