Meanings
plural fluoridations
- countableuncountablechemistryThe act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water.
Proposed restrictions on fluoridation in New Hampshire, Tennessee and North Dakota were rejected. A measure in Kentucky to make fluoridation optional stalled in the state Senate.
2025 March 28, “Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press1 more example
Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.
2013 August 9, Douglas Main, “Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation”, in Live Science, retrieved 30 Sep 2013Antonyms: defluoridation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluor(ine)
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishfluoride
- Englishfluoridation
Translations
Catalan fluoració
- fluoracióthe act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water
Estonian fluorimine
- fluoriminethe act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water
Finnish fluoraus
- fluorausthe act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water
Greek φθορίωση
- φθορίωση (fthoríosi)the act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water
Portuguese fluoretação
- fluoretaçãothe act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water
Slovak fluoridácia
- fluoridáciathe act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fluoridation
Cite this entry
fluoridation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluoridation
“fluoridation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluoridation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fluoridation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluoridation.
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