resinate

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verb

To treat a container with resin, e.g. by impregnation in order to impart flavour, typically of wine, and to provide a tighter seal on the container.

OriginEnglish resin ← Middle English resyn ← Old French résine →
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Meanings

resinate1

verbresinate (third-person singular simple present resinates, present participle resinating, simple past and past participle resinated)

present singular third person resinates · participle present resinating · participle past resinated · past resinated

  1. transitiveTo treat a container with resin, e.g. by impregnation in order to impart flavour, typically of wine, and to provide a tighter seal on the container.

    Pitch could be used to resinate wine barrels (4.6.2), among other things.

    2018, Duane W. Roller, A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

resinate2

nounresinate (plural resinates)

plural resinates

  1. chemistryAny salt of a resin acid.

Origin

resinate · verb

  1. Ancient Greekῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē)
  2. Latinrēsīna
  3. Old Frenchrésine
  4. Middle Englishresyn
  5. Englishresin
  6. Englishresinate

From resin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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resinate · noun

From resin acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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Translations

German harzen
  • harzentreat with resin

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

arseniteTeresinaTeresianasterine
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Chicago

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