{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY March 29, 2019----comminute

WORD OF THE DAY March 29, 2019

comminute    verb | KAH-muh-noot     Definition   : to reduce to minute particles : pulverize   Scroll down for more about comminute      TRENDING NOW: whitewash exonerate catamount mendacious SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   Checking Boxes: 8 Box Words       'Purview' or 'Preview'?     On "The Big Three" Nonrules of Writing       This Isn't 'Sponcon' (But It Is About the Word)         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Original Meanings Quiz   A quiz for the pedantic and those annoyed by them!     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   What do comminute, pulverize, and triturate all have in common? All three words are derived from Latin and share the meaning "to reduce to small particles." Comminute can be traced back to the prefix com- and the verb minuere, meaning "to lessen." Pulverize descends from a combination of pulver-, meaning "dust" or "powder," with the suffix -izare, which—like the English -ize—can mean "to cause to be." Triturate is borrowed from the past participle of the Latin triturare, which means "to thresh." Triturate specifically refers to the use of rubbing or grinding to achieve pulverization, a process which could be said to resemble the use of rubbing to separate grains from harvested cereal plants.     Examples of COMMINUTE   "Type III fractures are comminuted (involve multiple broken pieces of bone), which lead to mechanical blocks to motion and significant elbow joint and ligament damage. Surgery would be required to fix or remove the broken pieces of bone and repair the soft-tissue damage." — Joshua Dines, Forbes.com, 21 Oct. 2018   "… the USDA says all cooked sausages (including bologna and hot dogs) must be comminuted, or 'reduced to minute particles.'" — Emily Petsko, Mental Floss, 24 Oct. 2018   Name That Synonym   What synonym of comminute begins with "b" and is also a word for the characteristic cry of a donkey?   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORDSMITH.ORG CELEBRATES 25 YEARS     Coin a word for a chance to win a visit to Merriam-Webster   Enter your word, anagram, pangram, or limerick by March 31 for a chance to win a visit to our home in Massachusetts or to Oxford, England.   SEE THE CONTEST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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