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Adulterant

noun
1.
Any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance.  Synonym: adulterator.





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"Adulterant" Quotes from Famous Books



... is dependent entirely upon the amount of dry matter and the per cent of sugar. A large amount of water is considered an adulterant; ordinarily molasses contains from 20 to 33 per cent. If a sample of molasses contains 75 per cent of dry matter, it has slightly less than three fourths of the nutritive value of ...
— Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value • Harry Snyder


Words linked to "Adulterant" :   extraneous, substance, purifying, adulterator, adulterate, adulterating, foreign


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