cerate

See also: cérate

English

Etymology

Latin ceratum, from cera (“wax”).

Noun

cerate (plural cerates)

(inorganic chemistry) The anion CeO₃^2- of cerium.
(medicine, archaic) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Translations

chemistry

French: cérate (fr) m

Anagrams

& cetera, Cartee, create, creäte, ecarte, tracee, écarté

Italian

Adjective

cerate

feminine plural of cerato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cērāte

first-person plural present active imperative of cērō

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