Contaminate

How many syllables in Contaminate?

contaminate has 4 syllables

Split Contaminate into syllables?

con-t-a-m-i-nate

Definition of Contaminate

To make something impure or harmful by adding something unwanted or undesirable.

How should Contaminate divide into syllables

The word has four syllables. The vowels are 'o', 'a', 'i', 'a', 'e'. The consonants are 'c', 'n', 't', 'm', 'n', 't'.

Part of Speech - Contaminate

Verb

The factory's waste products will contaminate the nearby river.

Sentences with Contaminate

  • The spilled chemicals could contaminate the soil.
  • We must be careful not to contaminate the food.
  • The virus can contaminate other people.
  • The dirty water will contaminate the clean water.
  • The pollution can contaminate the air we breathe.
  • The oil leak could contaminate the ocean.
  • The bacteria can contaminate the food if not handled properly.
  • The contaminated water is not safe to drink.
  • The toxic waste can contaminate the environment.
  • The contaminated air can cause health problems.

Quotes with Contaminate

  • Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans. - Jacques Cousteau
  • The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing that all of us share. - Lady Bird Johnson
  • We won't have a society if we destroy the environment. - Margaret Mead
  • The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations. - John Paul II
  • We need to start looking at having a way of managing the environment so that we can create new wealth. - Michael Porter

Number of characters in Contaminate

11 ( c, o, n, t, a, m, i, n, a, t, e )

Unique letters in Contaminate

8 ( c, o, n, t, a, m, i, e )

Contaminate Backwards

etanimatnoc

Phonetic Transcription of Contaminate

IPA (International): kʌˈntæmʌˌneɪt

ARA (American): kʌˈntæmʌˌnet

EPA (English): kʌˈntæmʌˌneɪt

KAH-NTAE-MAH-NEY-T