Meaning

2 senses

  1. A person who contaminates.

  2. A thing that contaminates; a contaminant.

Origin

From contaminate + -or.

From contaminate + -or.

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Forms

plural: contaminators
Singularcontaminator
Pluralcontaminators

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
pollutantB1pollutionA1adulteratorpolluteradulterantcontaminationcontaminantimpuritysophisticanttaint

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcontamination
Derivedcross-contamination

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
contaminantcontaminateB2contaminationcontecontemplatecontemplationcontemplative
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